Hopefully that's closer to your point of view, and sorry for any misinterpretation. Oh please. I am surprised that after >100 posts already, the thread is still going in the right direction.
You've pretty much summarized my position.
1. The article
2. Me asking the OP to put numbers on those *darn* number-less statements
3. Me presenting to the swimming community the current state about how these matters are being handle by the community which I believe perform the most in this area: the cycling community
4. Me proposing to any reader a simple approach to determine if their aerobic/anaerobic balance is inline with that of their idols
And this is where things become very interesting. For example, the balance achieved when using both Allen's 100/200 breaststroke events is perfectly inline with two aforementioned world class breaststroke events. However, the same calculation done with his 50/100 reveals lots of room for improvement. IOW, his 50 suggests that his aerobic/anaerobic balance is lacking on the higher end of the aerobic spectrum.
It's up to Fortress to perform the same exercise and see. It's certainly not up to me to issue any judgment on her position in regards to the importance of training aerobic capacity.
Hopefully that's closer to your point of view, and sorry for any misinterpretation. Oh please. I am surprised that after >100 posts already, the thread is still going in the right direction.
You've pretty much summarized my position.
1. The article
2. Me asking the OP to put numbers on those *darn* number-less statements
3. Me presenting to the swimming community the current state about how these matters are being handle by the community which I believe perform the most in this area: the cycling community
4. Me proposing to any reader a simple approach to determine if their aerobic/anaerobic balance is inline with that of their idols
And this is where things become very interesting. For example, the balance achieved when using both Allen's 100/200 breaststroke events is perfectly inline with two aforementioned world class breaststroke events. However, the same calculation done with his 50/100 reveals lots of room for improvement. IOW, his 50 suggests that his aerobic/anaerobic balance is lacking on the higher end of the aerobic spectrum.
It's up to Fortress to perform the same exercise and see. It's certainly not up to me to issue any judgment on her position in regards to the importance of training aerobic capacity.
