Thoughts on swimming and aerobic stress

A definition of base could be several things.

A chronic training load that is high enough that allows you to do more work of various speeds without becoming overly fatigued.

Or to take base from an endurance standpoint.... endurance is a function of time and effort. The faster you are at the top end the faster your % of effort at any given distance will be. i.e. if your top end says you can swim 1000y in 10 minutes and your buddies top end says he can swim 1000y in 12 minutes then you will be able to swim 2000y faster than your buddy.... so your buddy should work on speed and not spend time working an aerobic system that barely scratches the surface of stressing ones system. Using a maximal lactate steady state baseline time of one hour any effort/speed beyond that one hour is HIGHLY correlated to one's ability to perform work for that one hour. Any discipline shorter than one hour is highly influenced by ones ability to derive energy from their VO2 system. This is why you see many MOP IM athletes not able to race a sprint at speeds any faster than they might race an IM.

Mammals respond to aerobic stress by getting faster (big generalization but it'll do for now).... L1 hardly stresses you at all... hang on... lemme go float.

Here we go!

so I've finally taken the plunge and decided to start offering a more formal coaching service rather than quiet on the side operation I've been doing for a couple years now. why now? well if you look at my other blog you'll notice the post on career convictions. Tired of the rigamarole of the 9-5 world I have committed myself to sharing my talents and abilities and want to work with people to help them achieve their goals. Be it financial or athletic aspirations, I am here to serve.

In coaching it is my intent to provide an absolutely unbiased calculated approach to training. Utilizing power meters and pace watches (plus the trusty wall clock at the pool :) we will work together in ascertaining both your benchmark paces as well as your benchmark stress load and from there develop a training program custom tailored just for you. The program that you will get is not one that is based on someone's perceptions on where you need to be, but rather is a program that is based on where you are now and working on building from there.

Your numbers, your plan.

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Thanks and I hope to hear from you soon!