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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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.
I have found that I can be in great running shape, but if I am out of the pool for too much time, I will be huffing and puffing at the slightest effort. Part of swimming is acclimating to breathing rhythm. Be sure that you are letting all of your air out before turning your head to take in more air. Many folks hold their breath and don't realize it.
Take these swims very easy starting out and get faster the last half. To avoid going anaerobic, take a little more rest between each and back down on the pace throughout the swim. Later in the season, you can go to swims like 4 x 100 with 10 to 15 seconds rest and hold near 500 race pace. Those swims will be anaerobic. It is not until late in the season that you do things like 50s or 100s on 6 to 8 minutes at 95%.
Again, I am a swimming purist and don't like long, slow swims done at 60%. I don't think they do anything but reinforce bad stroke technique. Get comfortable doing 50s and 100s with only 15 -30 seconds rest between each swim before you start doing straight 300s, 400s, or 500s. You can do sets of those later. Establish good technique with shorter distances as it is much easier to hold perfect technique over shorter distances. Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
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.
I have found that I can be in great running shape, but if I am out of the pool for too much time, I will be huffing and puffing at the slightest effort. Part of swimming is acclimating to breathing rhythm. Be sure that you are letting all of your air out before turning your head to take in more air. Many folks hold their breath and don't realize it.
Take these swims very easy starting out and get faster the last half. To avoid going anaerobic, take a little more rest between each and back down on the pace throughout the swim. Later in the season, you can go to swims like 4 x 100 with 10 to 15 seconds rest and hold near 500 race pace. Those swims will be anaerobic. It is not until late in the season that you do things like 50s or 100s on 6 to 8 minutes at 95%.
Again, I am a swimming purist and don't like long, slow swims done at 60%. I don't think they do anything but reinforce bad stroke technique. Get comfortable doing 50s and 100s with only 15 -30 seconds rest between each swim before you start doing straight 300s, 400s, or 500s. You can do sets of those later. Establish good technique with shorter distances as it is much easier to hold perfect technique over shorter distances. Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
