In threads where training philosophy comes up, discussions of TRIMPS and TSS and other training models occasionally intrude. These models are not very well known, and even more poorly understood, so probably SolarEnergy, qbrain and I are just talking to each other and killing threads in those conversations. In any case, I figured I would present a brief overview of what it is that we're talking about when this terminology starts showing up.
Best case, this will introduce these models to the subset of swimmers (or coaches) who would be interested enough to use them, but didn't previously know enough to do so.
Plus, even if you're not the type to be interested in quantifying your training, it can be useful to think about workouts in this general framework.
And, at the very least, this might serve as a place to discuss some of the details without worrying about driving those other threads too far off-topic.
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Your points are intensity * time, as with all of the methods. Your intensity (v^3) is proportional to power. Your points themselves (v^3 * time) are proportional to energy.
Obviously you understand very well, and I misunderstood you.
The is nothing novel about "energy points", it is just a simplification of the other methods to a point that it is easy to implement while still being meaningful and I wanted something that could compete with GTD. I think you understand that as well. I am certainly not trying to come up with a better, more accurate model of effective swim training.
Your points are intensity * time, as with all of the methods. Your intensity (v^3) is proportional to power. Your points themselves (v^3 * time) are proportional to energy.
Obviously you understand very well, and I misunderstood you.
The is nothing novel about "energy points", it is just a simplification of the other methods to a point that it is easy to implement while still being meaningful and I wanted something that could compete with GTD. I think you understand that as well. I am certainly not trying to come up with a better, more accurate model of effective swim training.
