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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No, but look at the choices in Fortress' poll. I'd say what the Race Club is doing falls between the last two choices. They are definitely doing aerobic work more than 1x per week. My original assertion was you should be doing some aerobic work most days, and it seems like the Race Club is doing just that.
I would agree that some aerobic work would generally benefit a sprinter, but it's also difficult to argue with the results that Jazz has seen.
No, but look at the choices in Fortress' poll. I'd say what the Race Club is doing falls between the last two choices. They are definitely doing aerobic work more than 1x per week. My original assertion was you should be doing some aerobic work most days, and it seems like the Race Club is doing just that.
I would agree that some aerobic work would generally benefit a sprinter, but it's also difficult to argue with the results that Jazz has seen.
