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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Isn't it wonderful we don't have to try and qualify for the Olympics. We can get away with minimum work and not have the concerns of being the best in the world. Or we can overload and train hard just to be the #1 swimmer in our age group.
All we have to think about is to be the best we can be with or without killing our selves.
Isn't it wonderful we don't have to try and qualify for the Olympics. We can get away with minimum work and not have the concerns of being the best in the world. Or we can overload and train hard just to be the #1 swimmer in our age group.
All we have to think about is to be the best we can be with or without killing our selves.
