That's my pet name for anaerobic swimming..... Tonight we did a set where we swam a 400, breathing every 3rd on the first 25, every 5th on the 2nd, every 7th, then every 9th !!! on the last 25. Repeat X4 = 400 yds. My question for all the coaches and/or coach wannabees out there is : What's the benefit ? I can see some down-side to this idea, for example; as you start to yearn for that good ol' O2, you shorten up and hasten up each stroke. Not good. So what's the good side ? Cheers ! Bert
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I agree that it DOESN'T work. Just training yourself to breathe every other is good enough to do the trick. If you want breath control, try breathing the 1st length every 3rd then the next length every 5th then going back to every 3rd, every 5th. I know that it may seem odd, I believed that too, but when I swam this way, it was all good. I got this idea by browsing through different master swim sites. This one particular site is located in the west coast called scaq. I read all of their workouts and enjoyed reading and NOW doing them with my team in texas. If interested their site is I think, www.swim.net. Their workouts are also in the forum on the usms site with Michael Collins. Another good place to get workouts.
I agree that it DOESN'T work. Just training yourself to breathe every other is good enough to do the trick. If you want breath control, try breathing the 1st length every 3rd then the next length every 5th then going back to every 3rd, every 5th. I know that it may seem odd, I believed that too, but when I swam this way, it was all good. I got this idea by browsing through different master swim sites. This one particular site is located in the west coast called scaq. I read all of their workouts and enjoyed reading and NOW doing them with my team in texas. If interested their site is I think, www.swim.net. Their workouts are also in the forum on the usms site with Michael Collins. Another good place to get workouts.
