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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Now, let's be honest here (S)he. Your answer CLEARLY is E: Forget sprinting, and train your brains out.
Question is, "How much aerobic work for sprinters?" not for (S)he.
True high maintenance sprinters are incapable of training their brains out. Not an option for them.
I'd like to see the Gatorade run performed with women. Any women up for joining me say the end of a nats meet? And actually, it would be rather entertaining to switch out the Gatorade for cups of beer. . . :laugh2::laugh2: What can I say? Train hard. Play hard.
Now, let's be honest here (S)he. Your answer CLEARLY is E: Forget sprinting, and train your brains out.
Question is, "How much aerobic work for sprinters?" not for (S)he.
True high maintenance sprinters are incapable of training their brains out. Not an option for them.
I'd like to see the Gatorade run performed with women. Any women up for joining me say the end of a nats meet? And actually, it would be rather entertaining to switch out the Gatorade for cups of beer. . . :laugh2::laugh2: What can I say? Train hard. Play hard.
