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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Chris - I completely agree that we should all train (at least sometimes) like we want to race. That includes doing SDKS.
But swimming freestyle breathing every 7 strokes doesn't help underwater SDKs. When most people talk about "hypoxic" they are talking about breath control swimming. And I suggest that the data shows it has little or no benefit. No one swims as fast breathing every 7 as they do breathing every 2 or 3 strokes. Maglischo says we would benefit more overall swimming faster breathing as needed.
That is different than sprinting - more like racing. I'm talking about hypoxic sets, like those coaches have assigned for years - 10x100 breathing 3-5-7 etc.
Chris - I completely agree that we should all train (at least sometimes) like we want to race. That includes doing SDKS.
But swimming freestyle breathing every 7 strokes doesn't help underwater SDKs. When most people talk about "hypoxic" they are talking about breath control swimming. And I suggest that the data shows it has little or no benefit. No one swims as fast breathing every 7 as they do breathing every 2 or 3 strokes. Maglischo says we would benefit more overall swimming faster breathing as needed.
That is different than sprinting - more like racing. I'm talking about hypoxic sets, like those coaches have assigned for years - 10x100 breathing 3-5-7 etc.
