From what I understand, breath control training largely provides little (if any?) physiological training effect other than from the work itself (which is hindered anyway, making it a waste of time for training any of the energy systems).
I assume there is room to mentally adapt and learn how to manage hypoxic suffering. But other than developing a strong aerobic base and increasing level of conditioning, can one actually have room to improve their hypoxic capacity specifically through hypoxic training?
Thank you!
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More specifically from information I gathered earlier in this thread, on page 446 of E. Maglischo's SWIMMING FASTEST. He mentions swimmers can quickly develop ability to swim races with fewer breaths.
My birthday is approaching, if I'm lucky enough to be asked what I would like for a gift, maybe I should mention this book.
It is a good book, well worth getting. But just so you are fully informed: that page is the only one that I remember dealing with hypoxic training. (I am on the road right now and don't have the book in front of me.) I recollect he also talks about underwater kicking elsewhere in the book and I seem to recall that he predicted a time when backstrokers (and maybe butterflyers as well) would make use of the full 15m underwater even in longer events. I am not completely sure I agree with that notion, but the only way I can see it happening is by deliberately training for it.
usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx
More specifically from information I gathered earlier in this thread, on page 446 of E. Maglischo's SWIMMING FASTEST. He mentions swimmers can quickly develop ability to swim races with fewer breaths.
My birthday is approaching, if I'm lucky enough to be asked what I would like for a gift, maybe I should mention this book.
It is a good book, well worth getting. But just so you are fully informed: that page is the only one that I remember dealing with hypoxic training. (I am on the road right now and don't have the book in front of me.) I recollect he also talks about underwater kicking elsewhere in the book and I seem to recall that he predicted a time when backstrokers (and maybe butterflyers as well) would make use of the full 15m underwater even in longer events. I am not completely sure I agree with that notion, but the only way I can see it happening is by deliberately training for it.
