I have a new ( young ) coach. He includes breath control sets. Does any one else think this could be dangerous for older (56 years old) swimmers? My MD thought it was crazy. I have noticed quite a few Masters swimmers dying from strokes. An old coach of mine said USA Swimming had banned hypoxic training for kids for a while.
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Our coach gives us hypoxic sets once in a while. He also likes to give us sets that confuse the the mathematically challenged. Here's an example of one of our recent warm up sets, consisting of twenty-three 50s:
Warm Up:
Prime Number 50's
23 x 50 @ :50
Breath control for all prime numbered 50's:
#1 - 9 breaths/50
#2 - 8 breaths/50
#3 - 7 breaths/50
#5 - 6 breaths/50
#7 - 5 breaths/50
...
#23 - 0 breaths/50
Non-prime numbered 50's are your choice of stroke
This is kind of a fun set because you spend a fair amount of time trying to figure out whether your next 50 is a prime number, and also because you have to plan where you're going to take the breaths during that 50.
Our coach gives us hypoxic sets once in a while. He also likes to give us sets that confuse the the mathematically challenged. Here's an example of one of our recent warm up sets, consisting of twenty-three 50s:
Warm Up:
Prime Number 50's
23 x 50 @ :50
Breath control for all prime numbered 50's:
#1 - 9 breaths/50
#2 - 8 breaths/50
#3 - 7 breaths/50
#5 - 6 breaths/50
#7 - 5 breaths/50
...
#23 - 0 breaths/50
Non-prime numbered 50's are your choice of stroke
This is kind of a fun set because you spend a fair amount of time trying to figure out whether your next 50 is a prime number, and also because you have to plan where you're going to take the breaths during that 50.
