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?
I was faster at 31 than in college.I think one reason was in college in the late 60s we only swam 200s of the strokes in dual meets so my training didn't have enough sprint work.
Also at 32 we had our 1st child and sleep deprivation slowed me down for a few years so I'm not sure if I might not have been even faster in my 30s than 20s(and yes I know being a mother is harder than being a father,but being a father seems plenty hard enough.)
I was faster at 31 than in college.I think one reason was in college in the late 60s we only swam 200s of the strokes in dual meets so my training didn't have enough sprint work.
Also at 32 we had our 1st child and sleep deprivation slowed me down for a few years so I'm not sure if I might not have been even faster in my 30s than 20s(and yes I know being a mother is harder than being a father,but being a father seems plenty hard enough.)
