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?
fort
to prepare for 100's
do fast 50's, 75's & 100's in practice
take a couple easy days a week
you can still swim a 200 just correctly split it
take it out a little easier than if you have been doing all the aerobic and hard distance training
Ande, I hear you. That's mostly what I've done. But how do you put some more punch in your 100s? I'd like to swim faster 100s too. I can't imagine doing a 200 without aerobic training ...
fort
to prepare for 100's
do fast 50's, 75's & 100's in practice
take a couple easy days a week
you can still swim a 200 just correctly split it
take it out a little easier than if you have been doing all the aerobic and hard distance training
Ande, I hear you. That's mostly what I've done. But how do you put some more punch in your 100s? I'd like to swim faster 100s too. I can't imagine doing a 200 without aerobic training ...
