Which is better, swimming more frequently with shorter duration, or less frequently with longer duration? For example,
(a) 7 days a week, each time 30 min, versus
(b) 3-4 times a week, each time 1 hour?
Here are the factors to consider:
1. Optimize fitness and health (not for competitive/hard core swimmer--I know that would require much more work!),
2. Minimize the chlorine effect on body.
Comments welcome!
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I read an article about Phelps and his training where he swims 50 miles a week minimum. That's 82,500 yards if the miles are swimming miles, 88,000 if a standard mile. That's still nearly 14,000 yards a day, which is 2,000 more than I do a week.
As for myself, I prefer to swim frequently and at length. I swim 5 days a week right now and do dryland the other 2. If I didn't have to go to school, I'd swim twice a day. I guess I could wake up at 6 or 7 and go swimming before class, but then I'd never get any homework done. 30-45 minutes is not nearly enough. My warmup takes about 30 minutes, sometimes 45.
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Former Member
I read an article about Phelps and his training where he swims 50 miles a week minimum. That's 82,500 yards if the miles are swimming miles, 88,000 if a standard mile. That's still nearly 14,000 yards a day, which is 2,000 more than I do a week.
As for myself, I prefer to swim frequently and at length. I swim 5 days a week right now and do dryland the other 2. If I didn't have to go to school, I'd swim twice a day. I guess I could wake up at 6 or 7 and go swimming before class, but then I'd never get any homework done. 30-45 minutes is not nearly enough. My warmup takes about 30 minutes, sometimes 45.
