I swim with a group and we are having the quality vs. quantity debate.
Currently the Macho element feels all the need to pound yardage by doing everything on extremely low rest 5 to 10 seconds. Longer sets turn into a continuous swim and it becomes discouraging.
Like 50's on 40 and 100's on 120.
I am olds school and actually like 20 to 30 seconds rest so you can descend sets and push it.
Any thoughts on this?
This is the great debate in Masters Swimming. If your goal is only cardiovascular fitness, or to brag about your yardage, then go for quantity. If your goal is to swim faster, then quality, especially race pace.
This is the great debate in Masters Swimming. If your goal is only cardiovascular fitness, or to brag about your yardage, then go for quantity. If your goal is to swim faster, then quality, especially race pace.