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!
To Chris and Sunruh and others,
People will always be critical of new approaches (not that this concept is so new) and that's OK. This thread has offered a wonderful discussion about this training method.
I am only a "group" of one, so it is a very small sample size, but (and I don't mean to toot my own horn) but, I don't know of a 65 year old who has put up decent times as a masters swimmer that are faster at 65 than when they were 60.
It took me 6 months of 5 times a week USRPT, but in mid February - in the beginning of the yards season - I posted a faster time in the 200 free by nearly 3 seconds (2:03.35), than I did at Nationals last year (2:05.97) shaved and tapered and at 63 years and 10 months old in Indianapolis, I placed 4th in the 200.
Same in the 500 I swam at Irvine two or so weeks ago. I swam it in 5:39.46 (and would have been faster except that I was trying out a race strategy that turned out to be flawed) I swam the 500 at Nationals in Mesa AZ in 2011 to a fourth place in 5:44.40 shaved and tapered.
So what I am saying is, FOR ME, USRPT works. And I tried very hard to go strictly by the Rushall book. No modifications, no drills, no kicking, no pulling, no pyramid sets. This may not be for you, but there is no question that it works for me.
To Chris and Sunruh and others,
People will always be critical of new approaches (not that this concept is so new) and that's OK. This thread has offered a wonderful discussion about this training method.
I am only a "group" of one, so it is a very small sample size, but (and I don't mean to toot my own horn) but, I don't know of a 65 year old who has put up decent times as a masters swimmer that are faster at 65 than when they were 60.
It took me 6 months of 5 times a week USRPT, but in mid February - in the beginning of the yards season - I posted a faster time in the 200 free by nearly 3 seconds (2:03.35), than I did at Nationals last year (2:05.97) shaved and tapered and at 63 years and 10 months old in Indianapolis, I placed 4th in the 200.
Same in the 500 I swam at Irvine two or so weeks ago. I swam it in 5:39.46 (and would have been faster except that I was trying out a race strategy that turned out to be flawed) I swam the 500 at Nationals in Mesa AZ in 2011 to a fourth place in 5:44.40 shaved and tapered.
So what I am saying is, FOR ME, USRPT works. And I tried very hard to go strictly by the Rushall book. No modifications, no drills, no kicking, no pulling, no pyramid sets. This may not be for you, but there is no question that it works for me.
