I have recently started using a Finis Tempo Trainer, and have found it invaluable to help me do fast sets. Are there others out there who have used these? Are there ways to use them in a diagnostic sense? (e.g. if you keep decreasing the time interval between strokes by 10% and find the place where your time stops decreasing by 10%, does this give you any useful information?) I really like how they help me keep up with hard workouts, but wonder if there are other ways in which they can be useful.
Anyone out there have experience with these they'd like to share?
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I use it for my 200 *** training and sprint 25's. I found that on breaststroke a corresponding decrease of 10% does not drop my time by 10% as it shortens my glide and ups my stroke count (my time does drop however). What it does is allow me to work on is my conditioning and split times for the 200 ***. Another thing I use it for on the 200 is hyptoxic (breathing) training. By setting the interval higher and by decreasing my stroke count I end up gliding farther which cuts the O2 supply. For sprint 25's swimming breaststroke I set the timer tor a 25 split interval (anywhere from 16 to 20 seconds) so that I get the three beep response. I keep my feet on the wall and race to the other end against the tempo trainer. I then rest for one cycle and repeat.
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I use it for my 200 *** training and sprint 25's. I found that on breaststroke a corresponding decrease of 10% does not drop my time by 10% as it shortens my glide and ups my stroke count (my time does drop however). What it does is allow me to work on is my conditioning and split times for the 200 ***. Another thing I use it for on the 200 is hyptoxic (breathing) training. By setting the interval higher and by decreasing my stroke count I end up gliding farther which cuts the O2 supply. For sprint 25's swimming breaststroke I set the timer tor a 25 split interval (anywhere from 16 to 20 seconds) so that I get the three beep response. I keep my feet on the wall and race to the other end against the tempo trainer. I then rest for one cycle and repeat.
