So I have decided to focus on the 1500/1650, partly because I seem to have misplaced the three fast twitch fibers I once owned, and partly because guys named Smith are now swimming the 500 and even the 1000. Geek suggested that I build my endurance with dryland work, but unlike him I have a job and limited time to train, and I don't really want to give up pool time. Any suggestions?
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How do we know this. Is it threshold or what....
... The only way you will know you are doing a threshold workout is a blood test Well, we don't care much about blood testing anymore.
You like simple stuff? If you swim your best avg speed over a 20min long duration you are definitely training at threshold. The Vo2Max level, which is the next floor after MAXLASS just can not be hold for 20min. To give you a better idea, the 400m is swam at Vo2Max level. Start a 400 All Out and try to continue up to 1500 at that pace without slowing down ;-)
So really, blood testing isn't required.
And even so. Even in perfect controlled lab conditions, two technicians may argue on where your MAXLASS occur. These curves on graphs are not as easy to interpret as some might think.
It doesn't matter that much to know exactly where you sit between OBLA (4mmol/L) and MAXLASS. Swimmers don't need to know these things in order for the training to be efficient.
How do we know this. Is it threshold or what....
... The only way you will know you are doing a threshold workout is a blood test Well, we don't care much about blood testing anymore.
You like simple stuff? If you swim your best avg speed over a 20min long duration you are definitely training at threshold. The Vo2Max level, which is the next floor after MAXLASS just can not be hold for 20min. To give you a better idea, the 400m is swam at Vo2Max level. Start a 400 All Out and try to continue up to 1500 at that pace without slowing down ;-)
So really, blood testing isn't required.
And even so. Even in perfect controlled lab conditions, two technicians may argue on where your MAXLASS occur. These curves on graphs are not as easy to interpret as some might think.
It doesn't matter that much to know exactly where you sit between OBLA (4mmol/L) and MAXLASS. Swimmers don't need to know these things in order for the training to be efficient.
