I'm planning on resting for a meet in Feb. As usual, I'm wondering what taper to use, how much to rest, etc. I don't feel like I've really hit on the "one" plan that works for me.
I know everyone has their own approach to taper and may taper for between 1-4 weeks. In every taper plan I've seen, the yardage always drops off gradually. Has anyone ever tried a "drop dead" taper? One where you continue to exercise at your regular level and then, say 7 days before the big meet, you precipitously drop the yardage down to 1500 or so with very little sprinting? Thoughts?
I'm wondering if this type of taper might work for me, as I feel (possibly falsely) like I lose conditioning if I taper too long.
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Kevin, I think what you are describing makes a lot of sense for a triathlete...but am very skeptical that this forumla will work for swimming specific races. Even a sprint triathlon is at least 4x longer than our longest distance (1650/1500)...so coming down from a much heavier training regime a triathlete would be far more concerned with any loss of conditioning from resting as much as we typically do. To me what your describing for a triathlete would be similar to a swimmer that does a 3 day taper as we've been describing.
I haven't read your messagee at all Paul. However could you please add "Cardinal fan since 2009" to your avatar.
Kevin, I think what you are describing makes a lot of sense for a triathlete...but am very skeptical that this forumla will work for swimming specific races. Even a sprint triathlon is at least 4x longer than our longest distance (1650/1500)...so coming down from a much heavier training regime a triathlete would be far more concerned with any loss of conditioning from resting as much as we typically do. To me what your describing for a triathlete would be similar to a swimmer that does a 3 day taper as we've been describing.
I haven't read your messagee at all Paul. However could you please add "Cardinal fan since 2009" to your avatar.
