After my last meet, my coach told me to cool down/warm down, otherwise I was going to get sore the next day. I did a 25y double arm back and got out of the pool. Next day, I didn't feel sore at all. I know the warm downs are good anyways for recovery, but how much of a warm down should I be doing? I would typically do 50y, 100y and 200y free events, and I'm always on the first heat (super slow swimmer here!). Would you recommend warming down in between events, if time permits? What type of warm downs do you usually do?
in '83 and more so in '84 that little club team i was on (MVN) did a study for the USOC/USA-S and UCI on lactic acid buildup and recovery using blood samples taken right there in the pool.
as i type this my finger tips still feel the pain from the "gun" used to *** them
I can relate. We used to do lactate testing on my college team. Ouch!
in '83 and more so in '84 that little club team i was on (MVN) did a study for the USOC/USA-S and UCI on lactic acid buildup and recovery using blood samples taken right there in the pool.
as i type this my finger tips still feel the pain from the "gun" used to *** them
I can relate. We used to do lactate testing on my college team. Ouch!
