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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Thanks for posting that Steve.
I knew there was a problem with pretty much anything but freestyle but I didn't think it was worthwhile to make the system more complex. At least not yet.
Stroke really deserves a multiplier. Butterfly, back and *** really do require more energy to go the same speeds because of the increased drag. This is a linear factor and it could be easily added to the system without too much confusion.
Kicking on the other hand doesn't. Kicking probably experiences less drag than freestyle, it is just not very efficient at forward propulsion. So there isn't an correct way to adjust the points for the system.
This system does not reward kick sets, drills, warm up or cool down.
Thanks for posting that Steve.
I knew there was a problem with pretty much anything but freestyle but I didn't think it was worthwhile to make the system more complex. At least not yet.
Stroke really deserves a multiplier. Butterfly, back and *** really do require more energy to go the same speeds because of the increased drag. This is a linear factor and it could be easily added to the system without too much confusion.
Kicking on the other hand doesn't. Kicking probably experiences less drag than freestyle, it is just not very efficient at forward propulsion. So there isn't an correct way to adjust the points for the system.
This system does not reward kick sets, drills, warm up or cool down.
