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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Like someone submitted earlier, i am really enjoying this thread's discussion. But after following the thread for the past couple days, I find myself doubting the workouts I have been doing.
There really aren't too many master's programs here because most adult swimmers focus on open water swimming. But I swim with a crowd that still likes shorter races. Our unofficial credo is that "any race distance that includes a comma is banned." So we are sort of self-coached. I end up stealing most of the workouts I bring from www.swim.net. Have any of you looked at that web site? Can anyone provide commentary on them? Are they relics? Or is that how you folks are swimming?
Chris
Like someone submitted earlier, i am really enjoying this thread's discussion. But after following the thread for the past couple days, I find myself doubting the workouts I have been doing.
There really aren't too many master's programs here because most adult swimmers focus on open water swimming. But I swim with a crowd that still likes shorter races. Our unofficial credo is that "any race distance that includes a comma is banned." So we are sort of self-coached. I end up stealing most of the workouts I bring from www.swim.net. Have any of you looked at that web site? Can anyone provide commentary on them? Are they relics? Or is that how you folks are swimming?
Chris
