How much endurance training?

I will first say that I do believe that we all agree technique and hard training is the best way to achieve faster swim times. And, I don't know of any swimmers who think they can condition their way to a faster time; at least I have never met any. all these studies even by Champions seem to be in great disagreement with one another and I would just hate to see a new fad begin based on study after study after study which is primarily opinion even if they are being written by people in the field of biomechanics.Do I want to do this today at almost 60? Nope. Been there, done that.Donna It is interesting that you bring up the "fad" phenomenon. GoodSmith started a thread on this topic some time ago. In in, he opines that "technique" is the subject of "fads" (everyone copies the latest greatest fast person), but that truly fast swimming is based on talent, genetics, aerobic capacity, workout intensity, etc. forums.usms.org/showthread.php

I will first say that I do believe that we all agree technique and hard training is the best way to achieve faster swim times. And, I don't know of any swimmers who think they can condition their way to a faster time; at least I have never met any. all these studies even by Champions seem to be in great disagreement with one another and I would just hate to see a new fad begin based on study after study after study which is primarily opinion even if they are being written by people in the field of biomechanics.Do I want to do this today at almost 60? Nope. Been there, done that.Donna It is interesting that you bring up the "fad" phenomenon. GoodSmith started a thread on this topic some time ago. In in, he opines that "technique" is the subject of "fads" (everyone copies the latest greatest fast person), but that truly fast swimming is based on talent, genetics, aerobic capacity, workout intensity, etc. forums.usms.org/showthread.php