Any ideas on how to adopt training setup for different age groups in masters?
Former Member
My idea was that 25-30 year olds should maybe not train in the same way as 40-45 or 65-70 ideally (if given same amount of available time for practice).
Should you typically go down on yardage per day but keep number of days?
Should you typically go down on yardage and increase weight lifting?
etc
etc
Any input anyone?
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Glad to see a cardiologist step into this discussion. Given this phenomenon, what would you say about my supposition that a 55 y.o. will experience less recovery in an 18-sec rest interval than a 25 y.o. even if they are capable of swimming the repeat set at the same speed, bcz the 25 y.o. will circulate more blood volume through the liver during those 18 seconds.
And, even if we're capable of swimming on shorter rest intervals (and it's obviously great for one's ego when this is so) would aging swimmers be advised to adjust their rest intervals gradually over time in order to achieve the same training effect that shorter intervals produced at a younger age?
Great exercise physiology question. I'd have to research that. There does seem to be a difference in recovery time which I believe is independent of conditioning (and clearly related to age). Masters coaches should take this into account when planning workouts, don't you think?
Glad to see a cardiologist step into this discussion. Given this phenomenon, what would you say about my supposition that a 55 y.o. will experience less recovery in an 18-sec rest interval than a 25 y.o. even if they are capable of swimming the repeat set at the same speed, bcz the 25 y.o. will circulate more blood volume through the liver during those 18 seconds.
And, even if we're capable of swimming on shorter rest intervals (and it's obviously great for one's ego when this is so) would aging swimmers be advised to adjust their rest intervals gradually over time in order to achieve the same training effect that shorter intervals produced at a younger age?
Great exercise physiology question. I'd have to research that. There does seem to be a difference in recovery time which I believe is independent of conditioning (and clearly related to age). Masters coaches should take this into account when planning workouts, don't you think?
