I tried doing a search in the forums on this and couldn't find anything. I am curious to know how many yards people in Masters are swimming a practice. I swim on average 3000-4000 yards a practice, 3 times a week.
I agree with Ion(can that be right) that it is often better to decrease yardage but increase intensity. It depends on what you want to swim. 50's are sprints,100's are controlled sprints and 200's are near sprints. If you are swimming 200 or less you get caught in the "Catch 22" that to an extent slow twitch endurance comes at the expence of fast twitch power. So increasing intensity(and lifting weights) can really drop your times for 200's and under.
I agree with Ion(can that be right) that it is often better to decrease yardage but increase intensity. It depends on what you want to swim. 50's are sprints,100's are controlled sprints and 200's are near sprints. If you are swimming 200 or less you get caught in the "Catch 22" that to an extent slow twitch endurance comes at the expence of fast twitch power. So increasing intensity(and lifting weights) can really drop your times for 200's and under.
