We have been talking about the effectiveness of race pace vs as far as possible per workout,or at least short rest workouts so I thought"Why not a poll?"Note for this poll check all that apply.
I was wondering the other day if there was any merit to pure LSD practices in swimming at all. (In terms of performance enhancement, not waistline diminishment.)
Active recovery. Working on technique. Aerobic conditioning.
And of course Chaos is right that race-pace for a distance swimmer is a different thing than for a sprinter/mid-D type of person. (Whenever a coach tells me to "descend to race pace," my smart-alec alter ego always wants to ask, "which race? The mile? The 10K?")
One thing I don't like about the poll is that "distance" and "race-pace" training are presented as if they are exclusive of one another.
"As far as possible" workouts can have value, just don't do them every darn time. I think the key is to mix it up: don't do everything at one (moderate) pace and HR/intensity level. Red-in-the-face race pace sets clearly have their place, but if that's all you did you would not be successful. Same thing for any other type of workout. Your focus (eg sprint, mid-D, distance) will dictate the proper mix of workouts.
I was wondering the other day if there was any merit to pure LSD practices in swimming at all. (In terms of performance enhancement, not waistline diminishment.)
Active recovery. Working on technique. Aerobic conditioning.
And of course Chaos is right that race-pace for a distance swimmer is a different thing than for a sprinter/mid-D type of person. (Whenever a coach tells me to "descend to race pace," my smart-alec alter ego always wants to ask, "which race? The mile? The 10K?")
One thing I don't like about the poll is that "distance" and "race-pace" training are presented as if they are exclusive of one another.
"As far as possible" workouts can have value, just don't do them every darn time. I think the key is to mix it up: don't do everything at one (moderate) pace and HR/intensity level. Red-in-the-face race pace sets clearly have their place, but if that's all you did you would not be successful. Same thing for any other type of workout. Your focus (eg sprint, mid-D, distance) will dictate the proper mix of workouts.
