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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Point of reference -
when I was training more a few years ago:
50 free 25.84
100 free 57.63
this past year, swam about 1x week. Oh, and I hadn't been in the water since July, got back in about 5 weeks before state. Meaning I swam about 8 times...and no cross training.
50 free 25.97
100 free 56.74
the same holds true for my *** and fly....(training more a few years ago vs. this year)
50 *** 34.13 vs. 34.55
100 *** 1:14.95 vs. 1:14.86
50 fly 29.06 vs. 28.35
100 fly 1:06.32 vs. 1:06.72
I vote that sprinters do not need aerobic training. Back in college, when I was way faster, we did a lot of race speed and a lot of lactate sets.
Go sprinters, go!
Point of reference -
when I was training more a few years ago:
50 free 25.84
100 free 57.63
this past year, swam about 1x week. Oh, and I hadn't been in the water since July, got back in about 5 weeks before state. Meaning I swam about 8 times...and no cross training.
50 free 25.97
100 free 56.74
the same holds true for my *** and fly....(training more a few years ago vs. this year)
50 *** 34.13 vs. 34.55
100 *** 1:14.95 vs. 1:14.86
50 fly 29.06 vs. 28.35
100 fly 1:06.32 vs. 1:06.72
I vote that sprinters do not need aerobic training. Back in college, when I was way faster, we did a lot of race speed and a lot of lactate sets.
Go sprinters, go!
