Just a thought/request:
At some point in the future, it would be nice to have workouts posted by someone who specializes in LONG distance coaching with an eye on open water distances (1 mile "death sprints" to ??? miles). The workouts provided are generally excellent, but since open water distances basically start where pool distances leave off, it would be great to have something a bit more specific. This is especially true since there is a relatively small body of printed work on longer distance/open water training and coaches for LONG distances seem few and far between.
Would anyone else be interested and would this be possible?
-LBJ
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All swimmers need to have a good aerobic base from competitve sprinters to fitness swimmers and most of the mileage should be done at an aerobic pace...heart rate 120 or so depending upon age.
I am not saying there is no need for interval training I am just saying that most swimmers are obsessed by it and should look at continuous swimming as it has certain advantages as part of their training program.
When I suggest continuous swimming as part of a training program all the responses talk about the need for interval training and overload training. I am not disputing that just suggesting that probably more than half of the mileage could be done by continuous swimming
All swimmers need to have a good aerobic base from competitve sprinters to fitness swimmers and most of the mileage should be done at an aerobic pace...heart rate 120 or so depending upon age.
I am not saying there is no need for interval training I am just saying that most swimmers are obsessed by it and should look at continuous swimming as it has certain advantages as part of their training program.
When I suggest continuous swimming as part of a training program all the responses talk about the need for interval training and overload training. I am not disputing that just suggesting that probably more than half of the mileage could be done by continuous swimming
