If you're taxing the aerobic system, you're not doing an AFAP sprint.
By this you mean that your rest does not allow for the aerobic system to fully recover right? Because anaerobic work pretty much requires the aerobic system to be at 100%.
However, (1) I can't imagine doing UST every single day -- boredom; (2) I am not giving up equipment that helps make me fast (fins, chute) -- why does he dislike equipment? because it takes away from race pace efforts? (3) I don't think a steady diet of UST is a substitute for pure speed training for sprinters; and (4) if you don't do rehearsal swims, how will you know how to pace yourself in a race? I also disagree with his quoted statement that "single-energy specific training sets are irrelevant activities for influencing racing in a positive manner."
1. Rushall is a professor, not a swim coach. He doesn't have to deal with boredom... or um... he is the producer of bor... :bolt:
2. He dislikes equipment because it has been show statistically to not improve performance, and thus a waste of time. He is not a coach and he has not studied non-elite swimmers. He doesn't have to keep swimmers engaged (the primary driver to toys) and he hasn't studied swimmers who can't achieve near competition speed at near competition distance.
3. I agree.
4. He is not against rehearsal swims. I would have to dig through his 8 million papers to find the details but he is pro racing and pro frequent shave and taper meets or the equivalent and anti trainForOneMeetAYear.
Since he is not a coach, he does not have to worry about keeping swimming interesting
If you're taxing the aerobic system, you're not doing an AFAP sprint.
By this you mean that your rest does not allow for the aerobic system to fully recover right? Because anaerobic work pretty much requires the aerobic system to be at 100%.
However, (1) I can't imagine doing UST every single day -- boredom; (2) I am not giving up equipment that helps make me fast (fins, chute) -- why does he dislike equipment? because it takes away from race pace efforts? (3) I don't think a steady diet of UST is a substitute for pure speed training for sprinters; and (4) if you don't do rehearsal swims, how will you know how to pace yourself in a race? I also disagree with his quoted statement that "single-energy specific training sets are irrelevant activities for influencing racing in a positive manner."
1. Rushall is a professor, not a swim coach. He doesn't have to deal with boredom... or um... he is the producer of bor... :bolt:
2. He dislikes equipment because it has been show statistically to not improve performance, and thus a waste of time. He is not a coach and he has not studied non-elite swimmers. He doesn't have to keep swimmers engaged (the primary driver to toys) and he hasn't studied swimmers who can't achieve near competition speed at near competition distance.
3. I agree.
4. He is not against rehearsal swims. I would have to dig through his 8 million papers to find the details but he is pro racing and pro frequent shave and taper meets or the equivalent and anti trainForOneMeetAYear.
Since he is not a coach, he does not have to worry about keeping swimming interesting
