Speed and endurance-question about practice pattens
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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?
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Of course, that isn't to say I will ever work much on breaststroke. A man has to have standards.
Funny, I was just thinking this while swimming this morning. I have a Check Off Challenge T-shirt and the only blanks left are the 200 breaststroke and 200 back. Since I don't compete in meets I time myself at practice and then come home and see how I stack up to the times in the USMS database.
This morning I went for the 200 breaststroke. Still haven't recovered. Won't ever do it again. But I get to check the dang box off.
Oh, and to stay on the subject, I'd take 4 x 1,000 over 20 x 25 anyday.
Of course, that isn't to say I will ever work much on breaststroke. A man has to have standards.
Funny, I was just thinking this while swimming this morning. I have a Check Off Challenge T-shirt and the only blanks left are the 200 breaststroke and 200 back. Since I don't compete in meets I time myself at practice and then come home and see how I stack up to the times in the USMS database.
This morning I went for the 200 breaststroke. Still haven't recovered. Won't ever do it again. But I get to check the dang box off.
Oh, and to stay on the subject, I'd take 4 x 1,000 over 20 x 25 anyday.
