Hypoxic Advice/Workouts--Not Your opinion of Hypox Efficacy
Former Member
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.
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I have the very best hypoxic set of ALL TIME. Really. I dare you to improve it. Its art.
I do this hypoxic set when I want to do 600 more yards, but don't want to work hard, but I want to work smart. Its exceptionally elegant, if I may say so. The clock counts your repeats and tells you how many breaths to take.
12 x 50 on :50
1: leave on the :10 and take 1 breath for the 50
2: leave on the :60 and take 6 breaths
3: :50, 5 breaths
4: :40, 4 breaths
5: :30, 3 breaths
6: :20, 2 breaths
7: :10, 1 breath
8-12: complete the pattern
The first one is done rested, so it shows you its possible to make a one breath 50. Then it gets progressively harder, some recovery, then harder again.
My objective with this set has very little to do with oxygen, but the restriction forces you to swim efficiently, and NOT breathe out of the turns. Its just another "drill" to add to your collection.
As for my opinion, I think hypoxic sets should NEVER be assigned based on strokes per breath, but ALWAYS on breaths per length. If you are told to breathe every 5 strokes, I take 12 strokes on a length and you take 22, why should you get more air? It makes no sense.
I have the very best hypoxic set of ALL TIME. Really. I dare you to improve it. Its art.
I do this hypoxic set when I want to do 600 more yards, but don't want to work hard, but I want to work smart. Its exceptionally elegant, if I may say so. The clock counts your repeats and tells you how many breaths to take.
12 x 50 on :50
1: leave on the :10 and take 1 breath for the 50
2: leave on the :60 and take 6 breaths
3: :50, 5 breaths
4: :40, 4 breaths
5: :30, 3 breaths
6: :20, 2 breaths
7: :10, 1 breath
8-12: complete the pattern
The first one is done rested, so it shows you its possible to make a one breath 50. Then it gets progressively harder, some recovery, then harder again.
My objective with this set has very little to do with oxygen, but the restriction forces you to swim efficiently, and NOT breathe out of the turns. Its just another "drill" to add to your collection.
As for my opinion, I think hypoxic sets should NEVER be assigned based on strokes per breath, but ALWAYS on breaths per length. If you are told to breathe every 5 strokes, I take 12 strokes on a length and you take 22, why should you get more air? It makes no sense.
