Two swimmers test their blood lactate and they are at the same level. One swimmer holds a 60 sec/100 pace and the other holds 75 sec/100 pace, is it fair to say swimmer one is swimming more efficiently, or are there other factors such as physiology at play? Can the swimmer with higher lactate still actually be swimming more efficiently, yet be generating the higher lactate numbers?
How do you pinpoint where a swimmer's physiology is limiting their performance and not their technique?
Just trying to figure out my biggest shortcoming so I can focus on it, or at least be aware of it. Not sure if it is conditioning, technique or a combination of both. I'm talking primarily free here.
Doc Counsilman drew up a hierarchy of training adaptations for swimming and the relative time involved in each part. The bottom of that pyramid was "skill", and the time involved was listed as "decades". On top of that was "Strength" -- years; "Aerobic" -- months; and at the top "anaerobic" -- weeks. Hierarchy Reprinted Here.
You should definitely focus on technique as part of your training; it's a forever endeavor. But you can work in conditioning at the same time. It's not like you have to do one at the expense of another.
I've been swimming for 10 years and I still think my biggest shortcoming is technique.
Just trying to figure out my biggest shortcoming so I can focus on it, or at least be aware of it. Not sure if it is conditioning, technique or a combination of both. I'm talking primarily free here.
Doc Counsilman drew up a hierarchy of training adaptations for swimming and the relative time involved in each part. The bottom of that pyramid was "skill", and the time involved was listed as "decades". On top of that was "Strength" -- years; "Aerobic" -- months; and at the top "anaerobic" -- weeks. Hierarchy Reprinted Here.
You should definitely focus on technique as part of your training; it's a forever endeavor. But you can work in conditioning at the same time. It's not like you have to do one at the expense of another.
I've been swimming for 10 years and I still think my biggest shortcoming is technique.
