On frequent occasions, I feel my form fall apart on tougher sets, but I finish regardless of my form. I feel it is more important to force my body to undergo the physiological adaptation resulting from these "near death" sets than to worry about maintaining form.
As long as I imprint the correct form in less strenuous sets I feel it is OK to gut tougher sets out when my form is falling apart. Many times I finish my workout with some shorter repeats to finish and leave the pool with the correct form imprinted in my mind.
This post is as a result of one of today's sets where I simply did not want to "give up" and switch from fly to free. I felt it was important to finish it the way I intended to give me a metal boost that I can do it as well as force the body to adapt. Is this mentality towards training wrong?
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Is this mentality towards training wrong? No absolutely not. This mentality allows for breakthrough workouts to occur.
Sometimes, in order to preserve Form during these you have to sacrifice a little bit on distance per stroke and you're fine.
For instance, in case of a tough Fly workout, I would begin the set on a 11-12 stroke count at higher rate, knowing that I'll be able to maintain the Form from beginning to end. If I was to start it on 9-10 strokes per 25m like I can do, then I may loose it somewhere during the set and the Form can seriously degrade.
In other words, stroke count strategy is like betting on a horse, or choosing the appropriate golf stick. My ability to successfully complete a tough set without seeing the Form degrading too much highly depends on which horse I bet prior beginning the set. At least that's how it works for me.
In a free style set, a tough one, 16strokes for me is the key, although I could begin any free style set on a 14-15stroke count. The later strategy is undoubtedly a recipe for form failure later into the set.
Is this mentality towards training wrong? No absolutely not. This mentality allows for breakthrough workouts to occur.
Sometimes, in order to preserve Form during these you have to sacrifice a little bit on distance per stroke and you're fine.
For instance, in case of a tough Fly workout, I would begin the set on a 11-12 stroke count at higher rate, knowing that I'll be able to maintain the Form from beginning to end. If I was to start it on 9-10 strokes per 25m like I can do, then I may loose it somewhere during the set and the Form can seriously degrade.
In other words, stroke count strategy is like betting on a horse, or choosing the appropriate golf stick. My ability to successfully complete a tough set without seeing the Form degrading too much highly depends on which horse I bet prior beginning the set. At least that's how it works for me.
In a free style set, a tough one, 16strokes for me is the key, although I could begin any free style set on a 14-15stroke count. The later strategy is undoubtedly a recipe for form failure later into the set.
