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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interesting thread. i got excited because i was about to propose a multiplier for stroke... but i was beat to it :(
i've never looked at math models as a way to reflect training methods. maybe its something im missing, but where did some of the things like intensity cubed is proportional to power come from? test data? or jsut something i am not seeing?
Physics. This link covers most of the formulas that have come up.
en.wikipedia.org/.../Drag_(physics)
interesting thread. i got excited because i was about to propose a multiplier for stroke... but i was beat to it :(
i've never looked at math models as a way to reflect training methods. maybe its something im missing, but where did some of the things like intensity cubed is proportional to power come from? test data? or jsut something i am not seeing?
Physics. This link covers most of the formulas that have come up.
en.wikipedia.org/.../Drag_(physics)
