when I swim at a middle distance race pace, like if im doing 5 x 100 on a quick interval my muscles get tired faster than my heart. I wont even be breathing hard but my arms are tired and causes my stroke techinque to go bad quick. Does anyone else have this problem.
Because swimmers are horizontal,blood perfusion is less of a problem and cardiac output is rarely the rate limiting step in reasonably trained swimmers. Issues of technique are important,but not what I'll discuss now. If your muscles are burning you are producing lactic acid faster than it can be removed. This means you are training at faster than your anaerobic threshhold. That is a good thing if you are a sprinter as that is where you will be in your racesIMHO. As a sprinter I believe that in some workouts you should press on as long as your stroke doen't get too ragged to build up lactic acid tolerance. Other days you should lengthen your rest interval so you can do more racepace work.
Morgan,not to question your coach too much,but as I noted in another thread I don't know of any world class sprinter who doesn't pull past their waist. That seems to be a technique more popular with distance swimmers.
warren
with your speed why would you want to do ANY middle distance training
you are a sprinter
if you're 21.8 in the 50 and 50.0 in the 100
you're likely to be a drop dead sprinter
stick with drills, speed work, splitting, racing, and strength training
you don't need to be doing much aerobic work
if you feel the need to do aerobic work
do gentle aerobic work
stay on easy paces
you don't need to be falling apart and swimming with bad form
ande
when I swim at a middle distance race pace, like if im doing 5 x 100 on a quick interval my muscles get tired faster than my heart. I wont even be breathing hard but my arms are tired and causes my stroke techinque to go bad quick. Does anyone else have this problem.
Morgan, not to question your coach too much,but as I noted in another thread I don't know of any world class sprinter who doesn't pull past their waist. That seems to be a technique more popular with distance swimmers.
This is what I thought too, even though I've been told to early exit for shoulder reasons. But then I always agree with Allen. :rofl:
Warren:
I agree with Ande too. As always. He gives great advice. We sprinters don't need no stinking 200s and 500s! At least you don't have to worry about having a coach to make you do all that aerobic stuff. Were you at the Mason Sprint Classic where we got to do 25s? Weren't those the best?
Morgan:
I don't float at all either. You must be a sprinter. Try not to be too disheartened. I really think Rich is right. I think your 100 and 200 times will drop a lot when you taper. I guess they should be a little faster based on your 50 times, and I don't blame you for being disappointed. Everyone is sometimes. Try talking to your coach about the issue and how your body is feeling. Are there other sprinters on your team? You really should have separate workouts for sprinters/strokers/distance swimmers. Those long distance workouts will just make you feel beat up. But, at least if he believes in a taper, you'll have some really fast times later. But remember, sprinters need to taper more. Personally, I started loafing some sets in college a little earlier than everyone else because I knew I needed more rest. Hopefully, your coach will see that too.
I'm really allergic to dogs guys. Those avatars are killing me here in cyber space.
If I had a coach who handed me a book to read I would find a new coach, you can see he knows nothing about swimming, I think he has been reading the wrong books.
I don't think that is a fair assesment. Perhaps the coach wants him to be familiar with the concepts before he begins making the alterations to his stroke. It would seem that this would make the most of their time in the water. Just my opinion.
