I am curious as to what others think is an appropriate amount of rest is when sprinting during workouts -- let's say for 25s, 50s, 75s, and 100s? Also, is there any advantage to doing sprints with a short amount of rest?
You'll find most workouts (especially typical masters workouts) not resting enough on sprint sets. Then again, you'll find most people's "sprinting" is not close to real sprinting. .
I had a masters coach tell us to do 20x25's "all out" on :30 and I watched all the people in the pool go along with it and then just go through the motions, putting out 50-70% effort. Since then, I've trained my sprint workouts alone and adapt to the group's sets (as an example, for that 20X25 set, I might do them alternating 2 easy, 1 hard)
My college coach told me, "A sprint workout done correctly is the hardest workout in the pool. A sprint workout done incorrectly is the easiest."
Totally agree!
I do my AFAP 25s on no interval, usually followed by a 75 easy.
I do AFAP 50s on 3:00 or more.
I'll do AFAP 100s on 8-9:00.
Last Friday, I did fast 25s, 50s and 75s and didn't pay any attention to the interval. I was extremely tired afterward.
This is for a "sprint" set or speed work. If I'm doing a lactate tolerance set, the intervals will not be so generous.
There is no such thing as "sprinting" on short rest.
You'll find most workouts (especially typical masters workouts) not resting enough on sprint sets. Then again, you'll find most people's "sprinting" is not close to real sprinting. .
I had a masters coach tell us to do 20x25's "all out" on :30 and I watched all the people in the pool go along with it and then just go through the motions, putting out 50-70% effort. Since then, I've trained my sprint workouts alone and adapt to the group's sets (as an example, for that 20X25 set, I might do them alternating 2 easy, 1 hard)
My college coach told me, "A sprint workout done correctly is the hardest workout in the pool. A sprint workout done incorrectly is the easiest."
Totally agree!
I do my AFAP 25s on no interval, usually followed by a 75 easy.
I do AFAP 50s on 3:00 or more.
I'll do AFAP 100s on 8-9:00.
Last Friday, I did fast 25s, 50s and 75s and didn't pay any attention to the interval. I was extremely tired afterward.
This is for a "sprint" set or speed work. If I'm doing a lactate tolerance set, the intervals will not be so generous.
There is no such thing as "sprinting" on short rest.
