Do most of the in-swimming-shape and experienced swimmers among you go all out for a whole 50 yards or is there some pacing? In other words are you going top speed the whole time? The reason I'm asking is that right now I can do 25 yards from a standstill in 13 seconds, but my best 50 yard time from a standstill is 33 seconds. (I'm a horrible diver at this point, but once I get my stroke in order I'll start working on that). Anyhow, is it reasonable for me to shoot for a 26 second 50 by just improving my endurance and flip turns, or is it like comparing 50's and 100's where a 50 time will always be less than half a hundred. Thanks for your thoughts.
I don't do a lot of sprinting, but once in a while give it a few shots just to see where I am. Unfortunately I'm unable to do a master's class because I work in shifts and would miss half of them, so I'm pretty much on my own trying to get better. :badday:
As long as you are in CP dominated metabolism you can go at maximum effort.This lasts 9-15 sec.After that the most efficient metabolism is ATP/anaerobic.This is depleted in 30-40 sec depending on many factors.There is no subjective difference between all out in CP vs ATP metabolism.In ATP metabolism lactic acid builds up,but if you have been doing the sprint work to develop the buffer systems the effect will be trivial in a race of less than 30 sec.so you should go all out.Also remember in a SCY 25 you are not expending much energy from the time you leave the block until you slow down to swimming speed and the again after you push off on the turn until you again slow to swimming speed which in a 26 sec race it is really sprinting about 11 sec and then sprinting about 13 sec with the rest gliding.
As long as you are in CP dominated metabolism you can go at maximum effort.This lasts 9-15 sec.After that the most efficient metabolism is ATP/anaerobic.This is depleted in 30-40 sec depending on many factors.There is no subjective difference between all out in CP vs ATP metabolism.In ATP metabolism lactic acid builds up,but if you have been doing the sprint work to develop the buffer systems the effect will be trivial in a race of less than 30 sec.so you should go all out.Also remember in a SCY 25 you are not expending much energy from the time you leave the block until you slow down to swimming speed and the again after you push off on the turn until you again slow to swimming speed which in a 26 sec race it is really sprinting about 11 sec and then sprinting about 13 sec with the rest gliding.
