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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I realize this could be different for others (like the guy who swam the 1000 all fly at Zones last year) but I do not have a gear that would allow me to swim fly with minimal effort. I do have this gear. It brings my fly time very close to, if not little slower than my breaststroke work.
Like Q mentioned though, what makes all this difficult to model is that the fatigue rate (duration/speed) whilst swimming the Fly isn't parallel to that of Backstroke or BreastStroke. A 400 fly in 7min30sec will cost me pretty much the same energy as a 400 *** done in 7min30sec, but a 50 fly done in 38sec will cost me less than a 50 *** done in 38sec.
I realize this could be different for others (like the guy who swam the 1000 all fly at Zones last year) but I do not have a gear that would allow me to swim fly with minimal effort. I do have this gear. It brings my fly time very close to, if not little slower than my breaststroke work.
Like Q mentioned though, what makes all this difficult to model is that the fatigue rate (duration/speed) whilst swimming the Fly isn't parallel to that of Backstroke or BreastStroke. A 400 fly in 7min30sec will cost me pretty much the same energy as a 400 *** done in 7min30sec, but a 50 fly done in 38sec will cost me less than a 50 *** done in 38sec.
