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?
The real question is if you are on a deserted island who is with you ... that will influence whether I want to swim away or stay ... See, if Aaron Peirsol is on my island I have no need for endurance training ... if I'm stuck with the chick who cut me off twice then slammed on her brakes and flicked me off then I'm hoping the sprinter ability goes away and I can swim away ...
The real question is if you are on a deserted island who is with you ... that will influence whether I want to swim away or stay ... See, if Aaron Peirsol is on my island I have no need for endurance training ... if I'm stuck with the chick who cut me off twice then slammed on her brakes and flicked me off then I'm hoping the sprinter ability goes away and I can swim away ...
