Any discussion about adding a new category to your online workouts? Great article in the March-April 2019 Swimmer edition about the success of USPRT. As the writer Jim Thornton wrote: "Perhaps it's time to look into yet another protocol. Masters-USPRT." Perhaps it's time to add it to your online workout section!!!!!
I usually take 10 minutes or more to rest between sets. I think one should be totally gassed at the end of a set to the point that there is no way you could do another repeat. Ten minutes rest (or more), allows me to do the same in the next set.
In terms of the number of races you are training for, I would not do what you do, but that is me. Obviously you have weighed the pros and cons of swimming five races a day and that works for you. What works for you is what you should do.
Glenn, how many days per week do you train? Did you find that your body had to adjust to training so frequently at high intensity? I find that my sleep is HORRIBLE following a session of USRPT (especially more than one set in a session). The same goes for any day where I do multiple practice races or a swim meet day. Even when I keep the yardage low (less than 2,500), my body doesn't deal well with the demands of high intensity training or racing. Did you ever have that problem?
I have tried USRPT before, and I had the same problem. I tried it again throughout last week, and it wiped me out. To avoid repetitive stress injuries, I never did sets of the same stroke two days in a row; however, it was still tough on my body. My body is telling me to back off, and I'm guessing that other swimmers in the AARP set have the same experience.
I usually take 10 minutes or more to rest between sets. I think one should be totally gassed at the end of a set to the point that there is no way you could do another repeat. Ten minutes rest (or more), allows me to do the same in the next set.
In terms of the number of races you are training for, I would not do what you do, but that is me. Obviously you have weighed the pros and cons of swimming five races a day and that works for you. What works for you is what you should do.
Glenn, how many days per week do you train? Did you find that your body had to adjust to training so frequently at high intensity? I find that my sleep is HORRIBLE following a session of USRPT (especially more than one set in a session). The same goes for any day where I do multiple practice races or a swim meet day. Even when I keep the yardage low (less than 2,500), my body doesn't deal well with the demands of high intensity training or racing. Did you ever have that problem?
I have tried USRPT before, and I had the same problem. I tried it again throughout last week, and it wiped me out. To avoid repetitive stress injuries, I never did sets of the same stroke two days in a row; however, it was still tough on my body. My body is telling me to back off, and I'm guessing that other swimmers in the AARP set have the same experience.
