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?
For any distance swimmers lurking out there thinking sprinters are wimps try some lactate tolerance sets.My favorite(well actually I hate it,because it hurts if you do it right,but it is my favorite because it gives good results)25s on the 30 all out,repeat until stroke gets ragged(8-10 generally for me),take a min rest and go again.Probably a more disciplined swimmer could do 4 sets,2 is good for me,then a LONG cool down before anything else.Done right you should burn all over by the end.It does really help with the last 15 yd and even more with the last 15M.
For any distance swimmers lurking out there thinking sprinters are wimps try some lactate tolerance sets.My favorite(well actually I hate it,because it hurts if you do it right,but it is my favorite because it gives good results)25s on the 30 all out,repeat until stroke gets ragged(8-10 generally for me),take a min rest and go again.Probably a more disciplined swimmer could do 4 sets,2 is good for me,then a LONG cool down before anything else.Done right you should burn all over by the end.It does really help with the last 15 yd and even more with the last 15M.
