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.
75% - 8% - 17% training distribution in zones 1,2 and 3 (slow, lactate threshold, and wide open)
This isn't as nuts as it sounds at first.
Consider a workout with four "hard" sets - 10x50 on 1:00, 4x50 IM order on 1:15, 4x50 IM order on 1:30, and 4x100 on 2:00 with descending times that end with an all-out 100 for time. That's about 1,000 yards. But, by the time you get out of the pool - after swimming warm ups and cool-downs, kick sets and recovery swims between the hard sets - you will have logged about 3,000 yards. So, the "hard" sets in zones 2 and 3 will have accounted for about 30% of the total yardage in that one-hour workout.
75% - 8% - 17% training distribution in zones 1,2 and 3 (slow, lactate threshold, and wide open)
This isn't as nuts as it sounds at first.
Consider a workout with four "hard" sets - 10x50 on 1:00, 4x50 IM order on 1:15, 4x50 IM order on 1:30, and 4x100 on 2:00 with descending times that end with an all-out 100 for time. That's about 1,000 yards. But, by the time you get out of the pool - after swimming warm ups and cool-downs, kick sets and recovery swims between the hard sets - you will have logged about 3,000 yards. So, the "hard" sets in zones 2 and 3 will have accounted for about 30% of the total yardage in that one-hour workout.
