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?
You didn't do any aerobic training in college? I'm skeptical about this. And if you did do aerobic training in college perhaps that's why you were "way faster."
I wish I had done that kind of training in college or when I was an age grouper, Stacy. I have no memory of anything except mega yards. But, Kirk, why would you think aerobic work would make you faster than race pace/lacate work? Certainly, on its own it wouldn't. Did you just mean in combination?
You didn't do any aerobic training in college? I'm skeptical about this. And if you did do aerobic training in college perhaps that's why you were "way faster."
I wish I had done that kind of training in college or when I was an age grouper, Stacy. I have no memory of anything except mega yards. But, Kirk, why would you think aerobic work would make you faster than race pace/lacate work? Certainly, on its own it wouldn't. Did you just mean in combination?
