Great summary. But I'm confused about the contradiction(?) between these two statements:
2. If a muscle is getting any anaerobic energy, then it is at 100% aerobic capacity. If a muscle has oxygen, it is going to use it.
Interval training gives the aerobic system in the swimming muscles a break.
The first statement is how I make sense out of the studies that show that interval training does as well as or better than longer-distance, aerobic training. When you're doing intervals, you're automatically working your aerobic energy systems. Presumably enough to cause a training effect. (And perhaps enough that I don't get much additional benefit from extra purely aerobic work, although that's the controversial point.)
So what do you mean when you say that interval training gives the aerobic system a break?
Great summary. But I'm confused about the contradiction(?) between these two statements:
2. If a muscle is getting any anaerobic energy, then it is at 100% aerobic capacity. If a muscle has oxygen, it is going to use it.
Interval training gives the aerobic system in the swimming muscles a break.
The first statement is how I make sense out of the studies that show that interval training does as well as or better than longer-distance, aerobic training. When you're doing intervals, you're automatically working your aerobic energy systems. Presumably enough to cause a training effect. (And perhaps enough that I don't get much additional benefit from extra purely aerobic work, although that's the controversial point.)
So what do you mean when you say that interval training gives the aerobic system a break?
