I read somewhere that Jason Lezak only swims 4,000 yds/meters a day. Has anyone else heard this? I don't see how an athlete of his caliber can get by on such little yardage. It seems like if he bumped it up some he could be faster than he already is. I swim more than that and I'm nowhere near as fast as him lol.
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I want to add to what Fort said about speedwork. In my opinion speedwork is necessary for all distances, it's just that the pace and the distance for the repeats may be different. It just seems obvious that if you don't train the body at race pace you can't really expect it to happen on race day. And to do race pace, you just may have to cut out some of the overall yardage. My :2cents: .
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I want to add to what Fort said about speedwork. In my opinion speedwork is necessary for all distances, it's just that the pace and the distance for the repeats may be different. It just seems obvious that if you don't train the body at race pace you can't really expect it to happen on race day. And to do race pace, you just may have to cut out some of the overall yardage. My :2cents: .
