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?
the point is
if you don't train properly for sprints
you won't achieve your potential
you might be able to come close
but you could lose a several 10th's of a second
swimmers like Lochte & Phelps are very fast
but their
50's aren't as great as their 100's and their
100's aren't as great as their 200's
the mark of a middle distance swimmer is
take their 100 time
double it then
add 6 seconds and you have a time close to their 200 time
the mark of a sprinter is
take their 100 time
double it then
add 12 to 16 seconds and you have a time close to their 200 time
I used to be a double my 100 and add 9 to 11 seconds kind of guy
I swam with a distance swimmer where you take his
100 time
double it then add
4 seconds
58 - - - - > 2:00
ande
the point is
if you don't train properly for sprints
you won't achieve your potential
you might be able to come close
but you could lose a several 10th's of a second
swimmers like Lochte & Phelps are very fast
but their
50's aren't as great as their 100's and their
100's aren't as great as their 200's
the mark of a middle distance swimmer is
take their 100 time
double it then
add 6 seconds and you have a time close to their 200 time
the mark of a sprinter is
take their 100 time
double it then
add 12 to 16 seconds and you have a time close to their 200 time
I used to be a double my 100 and add 9 to 11 seconds kind of guy
I swam with a distance swimmer where you take his
100 time
double it then add
4 seconds
58 - - - - > 2:00
ande
