As I crawled back into the pool today fat and out of shape, I wondered: Don't sprinters need some minimal aerobic work? I see that Ande is doing none whatsoever and Paul advises not "fighting fat" in the pool. I do a lot of race pace training and cross training. But still, is just a little aerobic work called for? I can tell I don't need any for 50s, but my 100s could use a little something. I don't think I have the substantial swimming aerobic base that people like Ande have because I was out of the pool for so many years .. So I'm either taking my 100s out too slow for fear of dying or actually dying. Does aerobic work help counter this? Or do I need more lactate work such as doing 100s with huge amounts of rest?
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To digress back to lifting.I have a question about "slow lifting" and lifting speed in general.I was told(many years ago) that slow lifting was counter productive in speed sports as it hypertrophied slow twitch fibers which may increase strength and bulk but would impede explosiveness.I was told you wanted to lift fast enough to be mostly engaging fast twitch fibers only.Is there any validity to that line of thought? It makes sense to me.
Sounds like a good way to get hurt, no? Anyhow, I am curious as well.
To digress back to lifting.I have a question about "slow lifting" and lifting speed in general.I was told(many years ago) that slow lifting was counter productive in speed sports as it hypertrophied slow twitch fibers which may increase strength and bulk but would impede explosiveness.I was told you wanted to lift fast enough to be mostly engaging fast twitch fibers only.Is there any validity to that line of thought? It makes sense to me.
Sounds like a good way to get hurt, no? Anyhow, I am curious as well.
