No not at all. I'll try it first for myself before issuing any recommendation. For what it's worth, I think Skiba's comment is partly aimed at boosting his sales. Because with a simple excel spreadsheet, these complex calculations are out of the way.
What is GTD?
The data collection for Skiba model is a pain as well. Regular T3000s, HR collection and time collections is a bit much, and you have already pointed out that HR collection during interval training is inaccurate.
I don't think his model is any better that simplified power, which just requires collecting times. Most people who are interested in quality work already collect their times.
My proposal isn't proprietary, it is just stripped down physics.
Energy point (E) = (100/t)^3*t for meters
or E = (91.44/t)^3*t for yards
All you need to do is collect your times. After workout, a lookup table can translate your times into points, or a spread sheet. 50s are half the points on the lookup table for half the time, and 200s are twice the points for twice the time on the look up table. A spreadsheet would do everything for you.
t is time. If I was doing 100 repeats on 1:20, and I was hold 1:10, t=70.
GTD is go the distance, a year long program where tracking your yardage goes into a central database to be compared to others in your age group. People have complained that it encourages garbage yardage. My team is attempting to swim to Rome with our combined GTD yardage. It does provide a nice team goal that all the swimmers can contribute to, but it doesn't do much to foster good preparation for competition. Of course, competition isn't my team's focus.
I don't see much value in comparable numbers (like Skiba's Swim Score). I have comparable numbers, they are my race times. Energy points should be a fair reflection of practice intensity on the individual level. If you are practicing at a 4000 points/hour, and then jump up a few hundred points, you have increased your intensity by stepping up your program somewhere.
No not at all. I'll try it first for myself before issuing any recommendation. For what it's worth, I think Skiba's comment is partly aimed at boosting his sales. Because with a simple excel spreadsheet, these complex calculations are out of the way.
What is GTD?
The data collection for Skiba model is a pain as well. Regular T3000s, HR collection and time collections is a bit much, and you have already pointed out that HR collection during interval training is inaccurate.
I don't think his model is any better that simplified power, which just requires collecting times. Most people who are interested in quality work already collect their times.
My proposal isn't proprietary, it is just stripped down physics.
Energy point (E) = (100/t)^3*t for meters
or E = (91.44/t)^3*t for yards
All you need to do is collect your times. After workout, a lookup table can translate your times into points, or a spread sheet. 50s are half the points on the lookup table for half the time, and 200s are twice the points for twice the time on the look up table. A spreadsheet would do everything for you.
t is time. If I was doing 100 repeats on 1:20, and I was hold 1:10, t=70.
GTD is go the distance, a year long program where tracking your yardage goes into a central database to be compared to others in your age group. People have complained that it encourages garbage yardage. My team is attempting to swim to Rome with our combined GTD yardage. It does provide a nice team goal that all the swimmers can contribute to, but it doesn't do much to foster good preparation for competition. Of course, competition isn't my team's focus.
I don't see much value in comparable numbers (like Skiba's Swim Score). I have comparable numbers, they are my race times. Energy points should be a fair reflection of practice intensity on the individual level. If you are practicing at a 4000 points/hour, and then jump up a few hundred points, you have increased your intensity by stepping up your program somewhere.
