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.
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.
And why shouldn't kick sets count as one of the "hard" sets? This attitude is one reason most swimmers are generally poor kickers.
IMO 75% slow swimming (below LT) is too much for pool swimming, even milers. I average about 4000 yd/workout and we do a lot more than 1000 of it in zones 2 & 3. Endurance athletes need to raise their LT but do not need to build up as much lactate tolerance as pool swimmers. Just my :2cents:
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.
And why shouldn't kick sets count as one of the "hard" sets? This attitude is one reason most swimmers are generally poor kickers.
IMO 75% slow swimming (below LT) is too much for pool swimming, even milers. I average about 4000 yd/workout and we do a lot more than 1000 of it in zones 2 & 3. Endurance athletes need to raise their LT but do not need to build up as much lactate tolerance as pool swimmers. Just my :2cents:
