For a relatively new fitness lap swimmer, would it be better, from the standpoint of building endurance and improving technique, to swim--for example--1/2 hour 6 days a week or 1 hour 3 days a week?
I enjoy swimming pretty much every day that I can, but don't enjoy constantly driving to the pool, changing, etc. etc. I'm wondering if the same training effect of "x" number of hours a week would change if one goes from every day to every other day.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this and thanks to all posters for this interesting an useful forum.
I really think your going to get a couple hundred different answers to this question. There are a lot of variables that go into your question that need to be answered.
1. What is a relatively new fitness swimmer? Are you brand new to swimming? or have you trained in swimming before.
2. Are you just swimming continuously for the whole workout or are you interval training?
3. What other types of exercise are you doing during the week?
4. Are you looking to go faster or just be able to swim farther?
5. How would your rate your technique on scale of 1-10?
Understanding you background a little more might help some the experts out there in giving you some good advice for your training needs.
Good luck with your training.....
Dennis
I really think your going to get a couple hundred different answers to this question. There are a lot of variables that go into your question that need to be answered.
1. What is a relatively new fitness swimmer? Are you brand new to swimming? or have you trained in swimming before.
2. Are you just swimming continuously for the whole workout or are you interval training?
3. What other types of exercise are you doing during the week?
4. Are you looking to go faster or just be able to swim farther?
5. How would your rate your technique on scale of 1-10?
Understanding you background a little more might help some the experts out there in giving you some good advice for your training needs.
Good luck with your training.....
Dennis
