I would love to see what kind of yardage some of you are doing out there. Just ball park numbers. I realize there is much more to swimming than how many yards one does, and training for different events entails differences in yardages, but I would still like to see what everyone is doing so I can know where I fall within the "norm". Also, if anyone knows, I would like to know what some of the masters All American's do as far as yardage. I see times for Jeff Commins in the *** and IM events and wonder how much he must train.
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Especially not spread over a couple weeks. Maybe Jazz Hands meant moving a ton of iron, one yard up, one yard down?
Jazz Hands does make a great case for quality over quantity.
In general, I think increasing the frequency of workouts helps more than increasing yardage per workout.
For example, I think it would be more beneficial to train 6x3k/week instead of 3x5k/week.
Really I was just lying to look cool in the yardage thread.
I'm not sure about frequency versus volume sometimes. The example you wrote is a case where frequency is better. Maybe it depends whether your volume is for building endurance or strength/power. The common saying is that for every day you miss, it takes two days to get back. I noticed that when I did more endurance stuff, but not so much for strength training or sprinting.
Especially not spread over a couple weeks. Maybe Jazz Hands meant moving a ton of iron, one yard up, one yard down?
Jazz Hands does make a great case for quality over quantity.
In general, I think increasing the frequency of workouts helps more than increasing yardage per workout.
For example, I think it would be more beneficial to train 6x3k/week instead of 3x5k/week.
Really I was just lying to look cool in the yardage thread.
I'm not sure about frequency versus volume sometimes. The example you wrote is a case where frequency is better. Maybe it depends whether your volume is for building endurance or strength/power. The common saying is that for every day you miss, it takes two days to get back. I noticed that when I did more endurance stuff, but not so much for strength training or sprinting.
