I saw this in a post: I will swim 200 laps in a 25 meter pool. All free style. Non stop. This is done in 3 phases , !st 64 laps is moderate speed 2nd 64 laps is distance the balance is for endurance.
My first reaction was WHY ? If you swim like this you will never know how good a swimmer you could be !
Reasons why.
1.- Your range of motion becomes less as your muscles fatigue and tighten up. This leads to the long, smooth stroke that your first few lengths have, deteriorating into a short, choppy survival stroke.
2.- You can only train one energy system, Aerobic, the anaerobic & lactic systems are untouched.
3.- You cannot improve your technique unless you use drills in a progressive manner.
4.- Why not put in some drills to check your technique. For example 10 strokes of head-up free every few lengths to check you hand entry ?
5.- By only doing Freestyle you are setting yourself up for injured shoulders, with all kinds of impingement problems.
6.-Where are the Kick sets and fly kick sets to improve core body strength and awareness ?
7.-What about the joys' of fly, back and
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I put together this poll to see how people out there are training.
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Interval training is all about raising the heart rate, doing work etc.
So if you are doing a "8x200 and getting 20 sec rest" or 15, or 10 seconds rest or a set of 400's and was getting 5 seconds rest, it is all interval training as long as you are not keeping the heart steady.
It doesn't matter what shape you are in, if you swim a 200 and then measure your heart rate it will be lower after 20 seconds rest. Then when you start the next set, you are raising the heart rate up again.
Your body really only gets better when you vary things. So swimming long slow distances like some lap swimmers, you do not trick the body to produce hormones that help rebuild the body better.
Interval training is all about raising the heart rate, doing work etc.
So if you are doing a "8x200 and getting 20 sec rest" or 15, or 10 seconds rest or a set of 400's and was getting 5 seconds rest, it is all interval training as long as you are not keeping the heart steady.
It doesn't matter what shape you are in, if you swim a 200 and then measure your heart rate it will be lower after 20 seconds rest. Then when you start the next set, you are raising the heart rate up again.
Your body really only gets better when you vary things. So swimming long slow distances like some lap swimmers, you do not trick the body to produce hormones that help rebuild the body better.
