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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.... Another question to people who do weights: 2X a week or 3X a week? I have been doing 3X a week but I'm toying with the idea of going to 2X a week so I can do other cross-training (ie, one extra bike ride a week).
Well, I also like to try different ways to find what works for me. Some years I have done 3 times, heavy weights - that worked fine! Some years only swimming - also worked fine! And nowdays only twice a week, only 30-40 min - mostly using my body as weight. Seems to work that too!
So.. go ahead an try twice a week and some crosstraining. Maybe that is what works for you!
.... Another question to people who do weights: 2X a week or 3X a week? I have been doing 3X a week but I'm toying with the idea of going to 2X a week so I can do other cross-training (ie, one extra bike ride a week).
Well, I also like to try different ways to find what works for me. Some years I have done 3 times, heavy weights - that worked fine! Some years only swimming - also worked fine! And nowdays only twice a week, only 30-40 min - mostly using my body as weight. Seems to work that too!
So.. go ahead an try twice a week and some crosstraining. Maybe that is what works for you!
