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.
Pretty incredible that he could do the last 25 of his 100 fly without a breath.
Complete speculation on my part...but I'm betting he wouldn't pull that off without using the current generation of suits.
I've always enjoyed hypoxic work...for me there is a "comfort level" with the discomfort so to speak. I find that I'm so used to the "feel" from oxygen deprivation in workouts that it doesn't enter my mind during a race.
Pretty incredible that he could do the last 25 of his 100 fly without a breath.
Complete speculation on my part...but I'm betting he wouldn't pull that off without using the current generation of suits.
I've always enjoyed hypoxic work...for me there is a "comfort level" with the discomfort so to speak. I find that I'm so used to the "feel" from oxygen deprivation in workouts that it doesn't enter my mind during a race.
