Hypoxic Advice/Workouts--Not Your opinion of Hypox Efficacy
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Discusing Hypoxic sets with a freind, can anyone suggest a good hypoxic set for me.
I'm doing 3500-4000 3x a week and a short sprint workout on the weekend. I will not likely add another day to my schedule.
What's a good starting workout, and also where in my workout should I do this? Do you mix it up e.g. hard interval set then a hypox or hypox and then a pace set.
I am guessing mixing is a good thing but what's a good start point for a set and intervals for this? BR and FR being my stronger strokes.
I really don't get the point of holding your breath for long sets. That's a completely useless skill for racing.
A pretty strong statement, though I know many who agree with you. I disagree, though:
-- I like hypoxic sets for conditioning and to train for SDKs at the end of a race, especially a 200.
-- I also like doing them during taper because they raise the heart-rate but do not really stress the muscles too much (ie, recovery is quick) -- that allows me to get my endorphin fix without ruining my taper. (I always get itchy for more exercise during taper time.)
-- Finally, a good hypoxic set encourages efficient swimming: you try to swim as fast as you can with the least effort (or you can't make the set!).
Hypoxic training does not have to be "breathe every 7 for the whole swim." It could be something like "take no fewer than 7 SDKs off every turn."
This is all just my opinion, of course; don't do hypoxic training if you don't like it.
I really don't get the point of holding your breath for long sets. That's a completely useless skill for racing.
A pretty strong statement, though I know many who agree with you. I disagree, though:
-- I like hypoxic sets for conditioning and to train for SDKs at the end of a race, especially a 200.
-- I also like doing them during taper because they raise the heart-rate but do not really stress the muscles too much (ie, recovery is quick) -- that allows me to get my endorphin fix without ruining my taper. (I always get itchy for more exercise during taper time.)
-- Finally, a good hypoxic set encourages efficient swimming: you try to swim as fast as you can with the least effort (or you can't make the set!).
Hypoxic training does not have to be "breathe every 7 for the whole swim." It could be something like "take no fewer than 7 SDKs off every turn."
This is all just my opinion, of course; don't do hypoxic training if you don't like it.
