Can speed practice alone help long distance endurance?
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If I only practice to improve the speed in short distance, will it help increase the endurance needed for long distance? In other words, say I have trained for several months for (only) speed, could I, one day, suddenly find myself swimming long distance without feeling tired?
(Obviously the opposite is not true: simply being able to swim slow long distance doesn't help improve the speed.)
A few references:
www.nytimes.com/.../03Fitness.htmlsportsci.org/.../cf.htm High-intensity intermittent training is a form of interval training consisting of short bouts of all-out activity separated by rest periods of between 20 s and 5 min. It is a low-volume strategy for producing gains in aerobic power and endurance normally associated with longer training bouts. Endurance athletes should gradually phase in bouts of high-intensity intermittent training in the build-up to competitions Reprint pdf · Reprint doc · Help
For an athlete to compete successfully in an endurance event, a maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) of at least 70 ml.kg-1.min-1 is a minimum requirement (Hawley et al., 1997). While athletes employ a variety of training strategies to increase VO2max, recent research suggests that a form of interval training known as high-intensity intermittent training leads to rapid improvements in VO2max and endurance performance.
A few references:
www.nytimes.com/.../03Fitness.htmlsportsci.org/.../cf.htm High-intensity intermittent training is a form of interval training consisting of short bouts of all-out activity separated by rest periods of between 20 s and 5 min. It is a low-volume strategy for producing gains in aerobic power and endurance normally associated with longer training bouts. Endurance athletes should gradually phase in bouts of high-intensity intermittent training in the build-up to competitions Reprint pdf · Reprint doc · Help
For an athlete to compete successfully in an endurance event, a maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) of at least 70 ml.kg-1.min-1 is a minimum requirement (Hawley et al., 1997). While athletes employ a variety of training strategies to increase VO2max, recent research suggests that a form of interval training known as high-intensity intermittent training leads to rapid improvements in VO2max and endurance performance.
