Speed and endurance-question about practice pattens
Former Member
I have a question about practicing for speed and endurance. Consider two practice patterns:
a. You focus on improving speed in 25m swims; i.e. you don't swim consecutive laps, but pause for seconds/minutes after each length. After some months you will have increased your speed for very short distance (25m), but you don't know your speed for longer distance.
b. You focus on endurance by swimming non-stop for as long as you can, without regard to speed. So after some months, you will be able to swim some 1000s, in moderate or low speed.
What I am interested to know is, which practice pattern will likely help achieve the other practice goal more? In other words, will (a) help improve endurance more, or will (b) help improve speed more?
You're missing the point. It's a desert island type of question I think. Obviously doing just one or the other is stupid, and there's no reason why you can't do both, but he's trying to have a little fun by seeing what people would choose if they only could do one. So, before you attack me, try not taking it so seriously.
Attack you? Hmmm, you need to dial the sensitivity down a little, I think.
I got the point and answered the question as posed, I think: IMO training only 25s doesn't prep you adequately for racing long swims.
You're missing the point. It's a desert island type of question I think. Obviously doing just one or the other is stupid, and there's no reason why you can't do both, but he's trying to have a little fun by seeing what people would choose if they only could do one. So, before you attack me, try not taking it so seriously.
Attack you? Hmmm, you need to dial the sensitivity down a little, I think.
I got the point and answered the question as posed, I think: IMO training only 25s doesn't prep you adequately for racing long swims.
