In other words, the "aerobic base" concept of training is an artifact of old-school swimming culture. Well that was then. This is now:
home.trainingpeaks.com/.../the-science-of-the-performance-manager.aspx
In this long and hard (for a swimmer that doesn't know about cycling power measurement tools) article, Base is called CTL, which stands for Chronic Training Load.
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As for aerobic contribution to a 100, like shown previously, it's only 35%. However, this 35% is the top end of the aerobic metabolism. The max O2 intake, or vo2max, or aerobic capacity (all interchangeable). In order to develop one's vo2max to its full potential, there are significant swim volume done aerobically involved.
The Key vo2max event in swimming is the 400 free or IM, whatever. That event belongs 100% to the aerobic capacity spectrum. Can't this mean that a 100y/m specialist would also benefit from improving over 400?
In other words, the "aerobic base" concept of training is an artifact of old-school swimming culture. Well that was then. This is now:
home.trainingpeaks.com/.../the-science-of-the-performance-manager.aspx
In this long and hard (for a swimmer that doesn't know about cycling power measurement tools) article, Base is called CTL, which stands for Chronic Training Load.
- - -
As for aerobic contribution to a 100, like shown previously, it's only 35%. However, this 35% is the top end of the aerobic metabolism. The max O2 intake, or vo2max, or aerobic capacity (all interchangeable). In order to develop one's vo2max to its full potential, there are significant swim volume done aerobically involved.
The Key vo2max event in swimming is the 400 free or IM, whatever. That event belongs 100% to the aerobic capacity spectrum. Can't this mean that a 100y/m specialist would also benefit from improving over 400?
