coachsci.sdsu.edu/.../ultra40a.pdf
There is a method, which is referred to as the Rushall method which Michael Andrew uses.
Was wondering if you had any critique about this. If this sort of training is a good idea and what are the problems.
Would this also be good for longer events? Like the 400 IM?
Thanks!
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So for the first 5, even if you miss your goal time you keep going? Or you skip and rest but dont count it towards your 4 total failures?
USRPT is about race pace. If you want to swim fast in a race you have to swim fast in practice. Other than a recovery day which I believe in but don't know where Rushall stands, I believe the only way to swim fast is to swim fast. So, if you swim fast once a week that will probably help. If you swim fast twice a week that will help more. If you swim fast three times a week...you get the idea.
Good luck!
Thanks for the info and clarifications!
I am also trying to do a pure speed workout one day a week and a lactate workout one day a week. So trying to do all fast swimming, just not all USRPT. I like the USRPT for speed endurance for 100s, but at the moment, I don't have enough speed to start with so I need to focus on that for 50s. I suppose I should substitute the lactate with another USRPT, but I don't have the mental fortitude to do it more than once a week - I would get bored and unmotivated. l also like doing 50s/75s/100s lactate because it really builds my confidence that I can keep moving through the burn in those last yards.
Good luck breaking the 400 record!! Though it doesn't sound like you need any luck at all. (:
So for the first 5, even if you miss your goal time you keep going? Or you skip and rest but dont count it towards your 4 total failures?
USRPT is about race pace. If you want to swim fast in a race you have to swim fast in practice. Other than a recovery day which I believe in but don't know where Rushall stands, I believe the only way to swim fast is to swim fast. So, if you swim fast once a week that will probably help. If you swim fast twice a week that will help more. If you swim fast three times a week...you get the idea.
Good luck!
Thanks for the info and clarifications!
I am also trying to do a pure speed workout one day a week and a lactate workout one day a week. So trying to do all fast swimming, just not all USRPT. I like the USRPT for speed endurance for 100s, but at the moment, I don't have enough speed to start with so I need to focus on that for 50s. I suppose I should substitute the lactate with another USRPT, but I don't have the mental fortitude to do it more than once a week - I would get bored and unmotivated. l also like doing 50s/75s/100s lactate because it really builds my confidence that I can keep moving through the burn in those last yards.
Good luck breaking the 400 record!! Though it doesn't sound like you need any luck at all. (:
