Anyone fast with only 1500-2000 yds a day?

Warren, You just prove to me that it can be done. Also, for someone like Lezak, that can't be alot of yardage for an olympian. I think Gary Hall Jr. also wrote about doing mindless volume and how it interfered with going fast. Another question, Why is it I never hear of sprinters doing full recovery? and by that I mean at least 10 minutes between 100's. If we are going to do anaerobic workouts, doesn't it make sense to buffer that lactic acid between reps so that quality and intensity can be maintained with each rep? This leads to low volume workouts!! I don't think sprinters should be guilty of 2000 yd workouts. At least 41 yr old ones anyway. Gary Hall Jr does almost all of his aerobic work outside the pool because he believes that there are better ways to get aerobic training with out doing lap after lap in the pool. He had the second fastest second lap in the 100 in sydney, so that says alot about his aerobic level. He also says that in practice you should do things that make you feel the same pain as you do in your particular event. You feel different at the end of a 100 compared to the 1500. Its a different pain. And If you are training for the 50 you can not achieve the right pain if you are doing tons of laps. here is what gary said on his site. "Okay, here is something else you can try. If you can't put a stationary bike next to the pool, try this. Hold your breathe while you do 10-20 pushups. Try starting with 10 and work your way up. Be in your suit already. Get up from the pushups, dive in, kick 25 underwater all out, then pop up and sprint 25 all out. If you do this right you should feel that horrible burn (that makes you want to throw up) that you feel at the end of an all out (competition all out) 100. There are different kinds of pain. There are sharp pain and dull aching pain. The pain that you feel during a 10K practice isn't anything like the pain that you will feel doing a set of these 50's. If you do a set of ten of these 50's, if you can, you just swam 500. 500 is not very far, but you have recreated the exact pain that you feel in the competition! Try it. Don't pass out."

Warren, You just prove to me that it can be done. Also, for someone like Lezak, that can't be alot of yardage for an olympian. I think Gary Hall Jr. also wrote about doing mindless volume and how it interfered with going fast. Another question, Why is it I never hear of sprinters doing full recovery? and by that I mean at least 10 minutes between 100's. If we are going to do anaerobic workouts, doesn't it make sense to buffer that lactic acid between reps so that quality and intensity can be maintained with each rep? This leads to low volume workouts!! I don't think sprinters should be guilty of 2000 yd workouts. At least 41 yr old ones anyway. Gary Hall Jr does almost all of his aerobic work outside the pool because he believes that there are better ways to get aerobic training with out doing lap after lap in the pool. He had the second fastest second lap in the 100 in sydney, so that says alot about his aerobic level. He also says that in practice you should do things that make you feel the same pain as you do in your particular event. You feel different at the end of a 100 compared to the 1500. Its a different pain. And If you are training for the 50 you can not achieve the right pain if you are doing tons of laps. here is what gary said on his site. "Okay, here is something else you can try. If you can't put a stationary bike next to the pool, try this. Hold your breathe while you do 10-20 pushups. Try starting with 10 and work your way up. Be in your suit already. Get up from the pushups, dive in, kick 25 underwater all out, then pop up and sprint 25 all out. If you do this right you should feel that horrible burn (that makes you want to throw up) that you feel at the end of an all out (competition all out) 100. There are different kinds of pain. There are sharp pain and dull aching pain. The pain that you feel during a 10K practice isn't anything like the pain that you will feel doing a set of these 50's. If you do a set of ten of these 50's, if you can, you just swam 500. 500 is not very far, but you have recreated the exact pain that you feel in the competition! Try it. Don't pass out."