difference between aerobic threshold and all-out 100 times
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In my case it looks like about 23-24 seconds (my aerobic threshold measured in practice is around 1:19-1:20, and my 100 yard free time is somewhere around :56). I'm trying to set up a poll to gather some information.
Colin, we're referring to the difference in seconds between a swimmer's aerobic or anaerobic threshold, as measured in something like the pace per hundred yards in a 30-minute swim, and a swimmer's all-out time in a 100 freestyle event.
and anerobic time is doing your 100yd with as little breathing as possible and aerobic with regular comfortable intervals?
Not quite, the aerobic/anaerobic threshold is the maximum speed you can swim at without going anaerobic - basically the fastest speed you can maintain indefinitely, or at least for more than several minutes. If you go faster than this speed you go anaerobic and start accumulating lactic acid faster than you can clear it so you won't be able to maintain your speed for very long. Your all-out 100yd time is the fastest time you can do 100yd in regardless of how much you breath.
