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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If muscle tissue damage was taking that much time to recover from, body builders would have a very hard time putting together a 5day/week training schedule I believe.
They do, this is why they work under split schedules. One of the forum ex-bodybuilders only trained a body part once every 20 days at his peak lifting weight.
The more muscle damage the more time to recover. I can spend some quality time in a squat rack and prove to myself that the more weight I lift, the more damage I do, the longer it takes to recover. I can also simulate the compounding effect of muscle damage by lifting a weight that is well below my max, but lifted everyday results in failure after several days without break. There is not a whole lot of theory behind my statement but a fair amount of empirical evidence. Based on this, I don't actually care what studies have found if real world experiments are finding differently.
Curls at 80% of max weight until failure results in glycogen depletion. This is completely different than "lifting to failure" caused by muscle damage.
If muscle tissue damage was taking that much time to recover from, body builders would have a very hard time putting together a 5day/week training schedule I believe.
They do, this is why they work under split schedules. One of the forum ex-bodybuilders only trained a body part once every 20 days at his peak lifting weight.
The more muscle damage the more time to recover. I can spend some quality time in a squat rack and prove to myself that the more weight I lift, the more damage I do, the longer it takes to recover. I can also simulate the compounding effect of muscle damage by lifting a weight that is well below my max, but lifted everyday results in failure after several days without break. There is not a whole lot of theory behind my statement but a fair amount of empirical evidence. Based on this, I don't actually care what studies have found if real world experiments are finding differently.
Curls at 80% of max weight until failure results in glycogen depletion. This is completely different than "lifting to failure" caused by muscle damage.
