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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So you're not "going the distance", you're "getting the work done" or some alternative cliche? :) You'll earn your free swim cap for reaching 50 MJ instead of 50 mi? I like it, as a way of rewarding quality over junk yards. Y
Whether you meant it to or not, I think the combination of your energy points together with the impulse-response model is, in fact, a decent method of modeling swim training. Sufficiently simple to actually use (for me), unlike others that may be impractical or too complex.
So you're not "going the distance", you're "getting the work done" or some alternative cliche? :) You'll earn your free swim cap for reaching 50 MJ instead of 50 mi? I like it, as a way of rewarding quality over junk yards. Y
Whether you meant it to or not, I think the combination of your energy points together with the impulse-response model is, in fact, a decent method of modeling swim training. Sufficiently simple to actually use (for me), unlike others that may be impractical or too complex.
