Which approach to hypoxic training is better for distance swimming: increasing the number of strokes or trying to swim faster during the hypoxic set?
Part of my training includes 500m (lcm), alternating breathing each length - 5 strokes one way, 7 coming back etc.
This has become comfortable and I was wondering which of the two approaches should I use?
increasing to one breath/ 9 strokes, i.e. doing 7/9 lengths
keeping the 5/7 approach and try to improve my time for the set
What are the +/ - of each approach?
Many thanks!
That manual is very good IMO. Note that it describes breathing every 5 or 7 as a "drill," just to make sure you can go either way if you need to in OW. Another good way to incorporate that flexibility into training in a pool is always to breathe to the same side of the pool, regardless of which way you are traveling.
Especially if your goal is 10K, your chief training objectives should include making sure that your breathing motion is as efficient as possible in either direction. That way you can breathe every R or every L, to avoid being blinded by the sun or choked by the waves or whatever, without penalty. You shouldn't be trying to limit breathing at all.
Training for a 50 is a lot more like training for a 200m run. There you want to have a breathing pattern in mind and practice it. But you would do that practice with a lot of resting and breathing between reps, not over and over on a tight repeat interval or without even stopping.
That manual is very good IMO. Note that it describes breathing every 5 or 7 as a "drill," just to make sure you can go either way if you need to in OW. Another good way to incorporate that flexibility into training in a pool is always to breathe to the same side of the pool, regardless of which way you are traveling.
Especially if your goal is 10K, your chief training objectives should include making sure that your breathing motion is as efficient as possible in either direction. That way you can breathe every R or every L, to avoid being blinded by the sun or choked by the waves or whatever, without penalty. You shouldn't be trying to limit breathing at all.
Training for a 50 is a lot more like training for a 200m run. There you want to have a breathing pattern in mind and practice it. But you would do that practice with a lot of resting and breathing between reps, not over and over on a tight repeat interval or without even stopping.
