There has been some discussion of non stop swimming all freestyle. I guess one obvious question is why are you swimming for aerobic fitness only this is fine. If one is training for distance swimming an argument can be made for this as part of a weekly training program. I (and people smarter than me) would argue that swimmers are too much in love with interval training as it relates to distance swimming, in the track world the Kenyans do some long steady runs in fact lots of them for their steeplechase, and 5 K and 10K and marathon runners.
Parents
Former Member
I would agree that some mileage needs to be race pace but most of the weekly distance should still be swum at an aerobic and not anerobic pace and there is no scientific reason why this cannot be done in one big bite. Track athletes and cyclists train this way. The reason why not many swimmers train this way is because of practical reasons it is difficult to run a practice this way. The coach I work with said if he tried an hour swim a third of his swimmers might get it right, a third would loaf and get nothing out of it and a third would swim too fast and go anerobic.
I would agree that some mileage needs to be race pace but most of the weekly distance should still be swum at an aerobic and not anerobic pace and there is no scientific reason why this cannot be done in one big bite. Track athletes and cyclists train this way. The reason why not many swimmers train this way is because of practical reasons it is difficult to run a practice this way. The coach I work with said if he tried an hour swim a third of his swimmers might get it right, a third would loaf and get nothing out of it and a third would swim too fast and go anerobic.
