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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I agree with much of what people have said about interval training and how you need it to improve times/performance. But as far as cardiac fitness in terms of long term aerobic activity, preventing declines and not dying of heart attacks or congestive heart disease etc.....this is very unclear. For long term cardiac training perhaps it is best to put your heart in zone say 75% of maximum cardiac output and keep it there for a certain time interval and increases above this do not actually help.
I think it is important to remember that interval training and noninterval training are not mutually exclusive one can easily do both in one workout.
The chess team...it's funny in the state I live in there are all these rules to prevent abuses by the boys basketball and football programs and all these rules apply to the chess team and quiz bowl teams as well.
I agree with much of what people have said about interval training and how you need it to improve times/performance. But as far as cardiac fitness in terms of long term aerobic activity, preventing declines and not dying of heart attacks or congestive heart disease etc.....this is very unclear. For long term cardiac training perhaps it is best to put your heart in zone say 75% of maximum cardiac output and keep it there for a certain time interval and increases above this do not actually help.
I think it is important to remember that interval training and noninterval training are not mutually exclusive one can easily do both in one workout.
The chess team...it's funny in the state I live in there are all these rules to prevent abuses by the boys basketball and football programs and all these rules apply to the chess team and quiz bowl teams as well.
