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.
I swim 1800-2400 yd 4 times per week and lift weights and stationary bike twice a week.All my swimming is either warmup,cool down or race pace(except from the end of SCM season until 15 weeks before a taper meet when I do long slow stuff and lots of drills.) I never take time off from working out unless I am sick.I think it is easier to stay in shape than get in shape.I also think sustainability is an important concept in workout planning and that workouts need to be fun and/or challenging,if you don't look forward to workout something needs to be changed.
I swim 1800-2400 yd 4 times per week and lift weights and stationary bike twice a week.All my swimming is either warmup,cool down or race pace(except from the end of SCM season until 15 weeks before a taper meet when I do long slow stuff and lots of drills.) I never take time off from working out unless I am sick.I think it is easier to stay in shape than get in shape.I also think sustainability is an important concept in workout planning and that workouts need to be fun and/or challenging,if you don't look forward to workout something needs to be changed.
