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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Hey James,
So just a thought in regards to interval training. Depending on where you set the interval and how hard you swim depends on the type of work (aerobic or anaerobic). I can set a steady pace interval where I get 5 seconds rest between repeats and my heart rate will not vary that much, so would have the same benefit as a long slow swim (I also admit that I am more of a sprinter or maybe I might be ADD so I can't stay focused on a long swim of 1000 - 3000, I need that constant change.). Another thought is that even when doing hard interval sets (lactic tolerance, etc.) there is aerobic conditioning happening. Interval training can even be aerobic based. One of the sets we do is a series of 5 to 10 100's where at the end of each 100 the swimmer does a 10 second pulse check, if their pulse is below their anaerobic / aerobic threshold then they swim the next 100, but if there pulse is above then they rest 10 seonds and then recheck for 10 seconds (like a 20 second penalty) once their pulse is back down then they can start their next 100. This set is fun because it's not necessarily the fastest swimmers that finish first (they tend to go too hard and after a few 100's end up having to do extra pulse checks).
Hey James,
So just a thought in regards to interval training. Depending on where you set the interval and how hard you swim depends on the type of work (aerobic or anaerobic). I can set a steady pace interval where I get 5 seconds rest between repeats and my heart rate will not vary that much, so would have the same benefit as a long slow swim (I also admit that I am more of a sprinter or maybe I might be ADD so I can't stay focused on a long swim of 1000 - 3000, I need that constant change.). Another thought is that even when doing hard interval sets (lactic tolerance, etc.) there is aerobic conditioning happening. Interval training can even be aerobic based. One of the sets we do is a series of 5 to 10 100's where at the end of each 100 the swimmer does a 10 second pulse check, if their pulse is below their anaerobic / aerobic threshold then they swim the next 100, but if there pulse is above then they rest 10 seonds and then recheck for 10 seconds (like a 20 second penalty) once their pulse is back down then they can start their next 100. This set is fun because it's not necessarily the fastest swimmers that finish first (they tend to go too hard and after a few 100's end up having to do extra pulse checks).
