I heard some where way back that if you are doing a exercise like swimming for the aerobic benifit. If you stop for more then 15 seconds ..say to talk to someone..you lose the benifit from the aerobic part of workout.. Any one heard about this?
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I kind of seriously doubt a blanket statement like that. I mean....sure maybe if you stop every 25 or 50 for on aerobic level intensity for 15 seconds.......
But come on.
When I was (mostly) healthy and swimming the full varsity workouts we'd have you know sets of like 6 x 400 (or more) with rest at the end of the set that was easily a few minutes. And you add on the time spent hearing the next set.....I really doubt that a 15 second break would mean the end of our aerobic benefit.
I kind of seriously doubt a blanket statement like that. I mean....sure maybe if you stop every 25 or 50 for on aerobic level intensity for 15 seconds.......
But come on.
When I was (mostly) healthy and swimming the full varsity workouts we'd have you know sets of like 6 x 400 (or more) with rest at the end of the set that was easily a few minutes. And you add on the time spent hearing the next set.....I really doubt that a 15 second break would mean the end of our aerobic benefit.
