Masters swimmer Erik Hochstein posted an interesting question over on the Timed Fianls site: www.timedfinals.com/.../
Basically, Stefan Nystrand swam the 2nd fastest 100 m free in history last week in Paris (47.91). Stefan says he trains 20K max per week in the pool with only two days per work of dryland. He swims either all out or easy, nothing in between.
So what do you think? Is this possible? Are swimmers and coaches too hung up on putting in yardage? Is this "less is more" philosophy something we'll see more of? It is certainly appealing to Masters swimmers who usually have a limited amount of time to train.
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Bill (in Georgia), I am a bad boy, with infrequent training with the team and the coach. Our schedule is three times a week, one hour, where we average about 2,000 meters. I try and get in an extra two swims on my own, where basically I will swim freestyle and goof around for an hour or so. I try to do at least 1,500 meters on my own. I am 56 years old, with a short swimming history (B-team, in a Chattanooga prep-school) in 1967-68, during two seasons. I got back into swimming two years ago. I have done all distances in free, up to 800, but suffer with anything above 100. I also die when doing a 100 i.m. (I did 200 i.m. in high school). This is because I am not in shape, which might be a "normal" condition for me, due to my irregularity at training. But, the speed for a 50 free is always there, irrespective of training. What I am saying is that going to meets is fun and you shouldn't worry about your times, there are always people faster and slower than you. I ran three marathons using the one minute walk every mile and trained without a coach, with low mileage, about 40 to 50 miles per week. But I trained just to finish and did finish, the MCM twice and the New York Marathon once. It is a question of priorities and tive available. I wish I could have three hours every day of free time to swim or do other sports...billy fanstone
Bill (in Georgia), I am a bad boy, with infrequent training with the team and the coach. Our schedule is three times a week, one hour, where we average about 2,000 meters. I try and get in an extra two swims on my own, where basically I will swim freestyle and goof around for an hour or so. I try to do at least 1,500 meters on my own. I am 56 years old, with a short swimming history (B-team, in a Chattanooga prep-school) in 1967-68, during two seasons. I got back into swimming two years ago. I have done all distances in free, up to 800, but suffer with anything above 100. I also die when doing a 100 i.m. (I did 200 i.m. in high school). This is because I am not in shape, which might be a "normal" condition for me, due to my irregularity at training. But, the speed for a 50 free is always there, irrespective of training. What I am saying is that going to meets is fun and you shouldn't worry about your times, there are always people faster and slower than you. I ran three marathons using the one minute walk every mile and trained without a coach, with low mileage, about 40 to 50 miles per week. But I trained just to finish and did finish, the MCM twice and the New York Marathon once. It is a question of priorities and tive available. I wish I could have three hours every day of free time to swim or do other sports...billy fanstone
