4. Me proposing to any reader a simple approach to determine if their aerobic/anaerobic balance is inline with that of their idols
Damn... sorry for quoting myself. I usually require several edits per posts. My Internet connection felt before I had the chance to add to this list this great proposal made by Q. This came as a wonderful surprise. Sorry for having skipped it while writing my post.
If I do the calculation for my 50/100/200 BR at Nationals (all PRs), I get
50/100 gives 1.135
100/200 gives 1.18 Not bad in my opinion. Compared to Allen, your 50/100 ratio is flatter, and your 100/200 ratio, as you mention, may indicate that you'd benefit from more aerobic capacity work, if you want to get closer to that of your idol of course :)
Here's a interesting question: how much individual variation is there in this coefficient? At this point, I am not sure. I am kind of at the beginning of all this. I ran a random test with two different breaststrokers having done world records at both events during the same weekend. The American did it first, then the Japanese. Both had an almost identical SDI (or aerobic/anaerobic balance). I was astonished to see that Allen was fairly close to these guys. This to me, indicates that he must be doing something very right. There's just this strange balance between the 50 and the others that doesn't quite add up. I'd have to compare it to other world class athletes but it ain't easy to find data on the 50 ***.
The thing that may answer your question somehow. Riegel did not bet on an Individual fatigue decay at all. So
@Fortress, I am a coach who's used to be challenged. I learn my job working in a University. Bunch of students learning sports. No hard feeling whatsoever. I think it's clear that you don't commit to any vo2max work and I definitely respect this. At the end of the day, we swim for fun aren't we?
4. Me proposing to any reader a simple approach to determine if their aerobic/anaerobic balance is inline with that of their idols
Damn... sorry for quoting myself. I usually require several edits per posts. My Internet connection felt before I had the chance to add to this list this great proposal made by Q. This came as a wonderful surprise. Sorry for having skipped it while writing my post.
If I do the calculation for my 50/100/200 BR at Nationals (all PRs), I get
50/100 gives 1.135
100/200 gives 1.18 Not bad in my opinion. Compared to Allen, your 50/100 ratio is flatter, and your 100/200 ratio, as you mention, may indicate that you'd benefit from more aerobic capacity work, if you want to get closer to that of your idol of course :)
Here's a interesting question: how much individual variation is there in this coefficient? At this point, I am not sure. I am kind of at the beginning of all this. I ran a random test with two different breaststrokers having done world records at both events during the same weekend. The American did it first, then the Japanese. Both had an almost identical SDI (or aerobic/anaerobic balance). I was astonished to see that Allen was fairly close to these guys. This to me, indicates that he must be doing something very right. There's just this strange balance between the 50 and the others that doesn't quite add up. I'd have to compare it to other world class athletes but it ain't easy to find data on the 50 ***.
The thing that may answer your question somehow. Riegel did not bet on an Individual fatigue decay at all. So
@Fortress, I am a coach who's used to be challenged. I learn my job working in a University. Bunch of students learning sports. No hard feeling whatsoever. I think it's clear that you don't commit to any vo2max work and I definitely respect this. At the end of the day, we swim for fun aren't we?
