I am a runner and using swimming (right now) mostly for crosstraining, please don't hurt me. :D I know what these different zones are for running, but I don't know how they would correspond to actually swimming (putting them in practice). For runners, at least in the basic plan I'm following (Lydiard), you are not supposed to do any anaerobic training in your base phase (which I'm in), or very very little. I want to make sure that I am not going into anything more intense than LT, or at least be knowledgeable of what it takes to go into each zone.
I must add - I love swimming, I am thinking of maybe doing a triathlon one day or perhaps joining a club.
Thanks for the help!
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I would suggest sets of build 50s and 100 with 15 seconds - 30 seconds rest between each swim. By build, I mean starting off each swim easy and building into a fast pace by the end of the swim. After this introductory stage, you can go to longer stroke drill swims, i.e. sets of 200s and 300s. You must, however, be mindful of practicing perfect technique on these longer swims.
thanks for the help guys.
So, doing even distances as relatively short as 50s and 100s with that little rest inbetween wouldnt be going anaerobic?
I have to ask what I think is a stupid question (at least it seems like it to me). Since I am a pretty new swimmer I get tired very quickly, seemingly whether I am stroking fast or slow. If I am breathing hard after whatever distance, even if it was very short and I was not actually "trying" hard, am I going anaerobic? I mean, in running, I have to try very hard to be breathing hard, but in swimming, it seems like I breathe hard while not trying hard.
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I would suggest sets of build 50s and 100 with 15 seconds - 30 seconds rest between each swim. By build, I mean starting off each swim easy and building into a fast pace by the end of the swim. After this introductory stage, you can go to longer stroke drill swims, i.e. sets of 200s and 300s. You must, however, be mindful of practicing perfect technique on these longer swims.
thanks for the help guys.
So, doing even distances as relatively short as 50s and 100s with that little rest inbetween wouldnt be going anaerobic?
I have to ask what I think is a stupid question (at least it seems like it to me). Since I am a pretty new swimmer I get tired very quickly, seemingly whether I am stroking fast or slow. If I am breathing hard after whatever distance, even if it was very short and I was not actually "trying" hard, am I going anaerobic? I mean, in running, I have to try very hard to be breathing hard, but in swimming, it seems like I breathe hard while not trying hard.
