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?
/Per
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Former Member
hmmm well I don't know...
There are two types of intervals :
- Intervals
- Broken distance
We, swimmers, tend to make a very extensive use of the latter. A broken distance is simply a endurance set broken into small chuncks.
10x100 off 1:30 (having 15s or rest) falls in the broken distance interval category. Terry, are you suggesting that we should make the "off" periods of broken distance sets longer for older swimmers? And what about making them shorter by slowing down the pace (if the pace is too difficult to hold)?
I mean my point is. The main purpose of rest periods during a broken distance set, is to allow for partial muscular recovery in order to keep a better technique throughout the set. I don't see how HR fits in this equation.
As for the real interval work, it applies more to VO2Max (and higher) intensities. Unexperimented coaches tend to allow rest periods that are way too short during these, no matter the age of the participants.
Work/rest ratio for these should be at least 1:1, going up to 1:10 (1 minute on, 10 minutes off). Recovery should be complete. Work/rest ratio governed by the total available training time.
Well that was my :2cents:
hmmm well I don't know...
There are two types of intervals :
- Intervals
- Broken distance
We, swimmers, tend to make a very extensive use of the latter. A broken distance is simply a endurance set broken into small chuncks.
10x100 off 1:30 (having 15s or rest) falls in the broken distance interval category. Terry, are you suggesting that we should make the "off" periods of broken distance sets longer for older swimmers? And what about making them shorter by slowing down the pace (if the pace is too difficult to hold)?
I mean my point is. The main purpose of rest periods during a broken distance set, is to allow for partial muscular recovery in order to keep a better technique throughout the set. I don't see how HR fits in this equation.
As for the real interval work, it applies more to VO2Max (and higher) intensities. Unexperimented coaches tend to allow rest periods that are way too short during these, no matter the age of the participants.
Work/rest ratio for these should be at least 1:1, going up to 1:10 (1 minute on, 10 minutes off). Recovery should be complete. Work/rest ratio governed by the total available training time.
Well that was my :2cents:
