Running. Does it help your swimming or is it an interesting diversion? A lot of people here seem to cross train with running. (Some are obviously triathletes). USS teams now have their swimmers running. But does running really help swimming?
For me, I'm not so sure. I think it helps a bit on the cardio side and may build leg strength. I do it to tighten everything up, because I like being outside and it gives my shoulders a break. But I'm not sure I wouldn't be better off with more pool time if my body could take it.
Tread mills don't go fast enough for sprinting. Most at the gym go to 10 MPH. They need to go to 20 MPH. Usain Bolt's beak speed is about 27 MPH.
Agreed about the sprinting on the treadmills. Ours goes up to 12 mph, but I don't like sprinting on the treadmill. My stride is long and gets messed up. My goal on the treadmill on the HIIT workouts is to simply get the HR up to an anaerobic zone after 1 minute and then drop it back down. Going 10 mph on the treadmill usually does it for me. I'm simply not that fast of a runner.
At the track, I'm not very speedy. I think the best 400 I ran in high school was a 62. It doesn't take much for something to be a sprint for me.
Edit: To real track runners, I think sprints must mean things less than 100m and all out. For me, anything faster than my one mile pace feels like a sprint.
Tread mills don't go fast enough for sprinting. Most at the gym go to 10 MPH. They need to go to 20 MPH. Usain Bolt's beak speed is about 27 MPH.
Agreed about the sprinting on the treadmills. Ours goes up to 12 mph, but I don't like sprinting on the treadmill. My stride is long and gets messed up. My goal on the treadmill on the HIIT workouts is to simply get the HR up to an anaerobic zone after 1 minute and then drop it back down. Going 10 mph on the treadmill usually does it for me. I'm simply not that fast of a runner.
At the track, I'm not very speedy. I think the best 400 I ran in high school was a 62. It doesn't take much for something to be a sprint for me.
Edit: To real track runners, I think sprints must mean things less than 100m and all out. For me, anything faster than my one mile pace feels like a sprint.
