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?
That's precisely why I do 60-80 reps in the weight room using medium-light weight, all swimming specific exercises.
Maybe I should try this ... I just can't stand doing heavy weights and my shoulder doesn't like them anyway. Seems like a good alternative for me.
What about aerobic kicking? Does that count? I was mulling over my past workouts, and thinking that much of my kicking (apart from shooters) could be considered somewhat aerobic. Although I never use super short intervals.
(S)he -- you're a hybrid, to be sure, but let's not cover up that #1 ranking in the 1000 and 1650. You're not a closet distance swimmer anymore. In fact, I'm not really sure you can be bragging about being a sprinter. We may have to kick you out of the club.
That's precisely why I do 60-80 reps in the weight room using medium-light weight, all swimming specific exercises.
Maybe I should try this ... I just can't stand doing heavy weights and my shoulder doesn't like them anyway. Seems like a good alternative for me.
What about aerobic kicking? Does that count? I was mulling over my past workouts, and thinking that much of my kicking (apart from shooters) could be considered somewhat aerobic. Although I never use super short intervals.
(S)he -- you're a hybrid, to be sure, but let's not cover up that #1 ranking in the 1000 and 1650. You're not a closet distance swimmer anymore. In fact, I'm not really sure you can be bragging about being a sprinter. We may have to kick you out of the club.
