So..... Michael Phelps and his coach had it all wrong? And for that matter, most of the Olympians? As did all the folks who chose to leave their native lands to train in the USA?
Studies are great, and may, over time prove themselves.
But can someone start citing elite level performances (say at the Olympic or Pan-Pac level) where the multi-kilometer model was not used during the competitor's lifetime?
You are taking things a little far. The article says that if you want to get faster in the 100, you don't need to train twice a day, you don't need huge volume.
It doesn't claim that Michael Phelps isn't training correctly to get faster and be conditioned to swim and win 20 races in 6 days (or whatever it was). It doesn't claim that Bob Bowman doesn't know what he is doing.
But it does claim, if you want to get faster at the 100, 10k isn't better than 5k, twice a day isn't better than once a day. And it makes no claims about being competitive swimming a full line up at a prelims finals meet.
It is hard to determine the exact articles being cited, but one of the articles that looked like it was being cited made it pretty clear. When studying swimmers, improvement was correlated to training intensity and not training volume. I think that is a pretty logical conclusion.
None of the studies were conducted on low volume training plans. The average workout was 90 minutes or 5,000 yards depending on the study, 5 or 6 times a week. Not 3x50s on 10 minutes and call it a day :)
So..... Michael Phelps and his coach had it all wrong? And for that matter, most of the Olympians? As did all the folks who chose to leave their native lands to train in the USA?
Studies are great, and may, over time prove themselves.
But can someone start citing elite level performances (say at the Olympic or Pan-Pac level) where the multi-kilometer model was not used during the competitor's lifetime?
You are taking things a little far. The article says that if you want to get faster in the 100, you don't need to train twice a day, you don't need huge volume.
It doesn't claim that Michael Phelps isn't training correctly to get faster and be conditioned to swim and win 20 races in 6 days (or whatever it was). It doesn't claim that Bob Bowman doesn't know what he is doing.
But it does claim, if you want to get faster at the 100, 10k isn't better than 5k, twice a day isn't better than once a day. And it makes no claims about being competitive swimming a full line up at a prelims finals meet.
It is hard to determine the exact articles being cited, but one of the articles that looked like it was being cited made it pretty clear. When studying swimmers, improvement was correlated to training intensity and not training volume. I think that is a pretty logical conclusion.
None of the studies were conducted on low volume training plans. The average workout was 90 minutes or 5,000 yards depending on the study, 5 or 6 times a week. Not 3x50s on 10 minutes and call it a day :)
