Nice to see you are reviving the channel! I like the approach of negative splits. Also makes you dread the 2nd half way less when you know that you still have something left in the tank. Most important for me here, however, is controlling not to sprint away during the mass-start of a triathlon. Regarding the timing of the 2nd half of any interval, then adding all those up: I think for the average (tri-)athlete that is too complicated. I don’t have a trainer with stop-watch for me alone, if I try to check the clock by the pool side I have to do math in my head AND keep good form, if I try to check the watch on my wrist I lose the streamline and time/momentum in the turn. You know what gives a good idea of how fast you can swim 400/800/1500m? Actually swimming that distance non-stop! That forces you to pace way more conservatively (aka negative split) because you don’t get any rest. Doing a 1000m time trial or 4x400m with 15-20s rest gives you a great idea of what you can do in an OD/half distance. If the break is short relative to the working time it is mostly psychological and helps you keep the form up, while the physiological stress you have to deal with in the later intervals is the same as towards the end of a race. Just my 2 cents from someone who can not relate to swimming 1.05min/100m for any kind of distance.
I really like your thought process here! 4*400 with 15-20s rest would be a very tough way to break a 1500 - so you can rest assured that you will be able to see the results of that set in competition. Going 1000 straight is equally as challenging and you also almost certainly be able to go that time or faster in a 1500 / 1900 swim in competition. I would go for the best of both worlds here and this is actually something that I like to do with my competitive swimmers. I start with sets like yours and make them progressively easier from week to week. I would start out with that 5-6 weeks out from the main swim meet and break the distance progressively easier moving closer towards that date. It is enough to go for one of these hard training sets once per week. The risk that you are running with very tough breaks and straight swim is that you are going to miss the point of breaking your distance into smaller pieces in the first place - which would be to able to hit competition pace in training. I think it generally easier for age group triathletes to still be able to do that compared to pool swimmers. Maybe it will work for you also to mix both approaches and get all the benefits. Thanks for your comment!
Very nice Video, because of you i got faster, i followed your tips, in 2021 i swam 2300m in 37:30 min and in the end of 2022 i was 6 minutes faster, with 4 times Training a week. Thank you very much🙏, i would like to get personal tips from you one day🙏
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Great explanation and inputs!
Nice to see you are reviving the channel!
I like the approach of negative splits. Also makes you dread the 2nd half way less when you know that you still have something left in the tank. Most important for me here, however, is controlling not to sprint away during the mass-start of a triathlon.
Regarding the timing of the 2nd half of any interval, then adding all those up: I think for the average (tri-)athlete that is too complicated. I don’t have a trainer with stop-watch for me alone, if I try to check the clock by the pool side I have to do math in my head AND keep good form, if I try to check the watch on my wrist I lose the streamline and time/momentum in the turn.
You know what gives a good idea of how fast you can swim 400/800/1500m? Actually swimming that distance non-stop! That forces you to pace way more conservatively (aka negative split) because you don’t get any rest. Doing a 1000m time trial or 4x400m with 15-20s rest gives you a great idea of what you can do in an OD/half distance. If the break is short relative to the working time it is mostly psychological and helps you keep the form up, while the physiological stress you have to deal with in the later intervals is the same as towards the end of a race.
Just my 2 cents from someone who can not relate to swimming 1.05min/100m for any kind of distance.
I really like your thought process here! 4*400 with 15-20s rest would be a very tough way to break a 1500 - so you can rest assured that you will be able to see the results of that set in competition. Going 1000 straight is equally as challenging and you also almost certainly be able to go that time or faster in a 1500 / 1900 swim in competition.
I would go for the best of both worlds here and this is actually something that I like to do with my competitive swimmers. I start with sets like yours and make them progressively easier from week to week. I would start out with that 5-6 weeks out from the main swim meet and break the distance progressively easier moving closer towards that date. It is enough to go for one of these hard training sets once per week.
The risk that you are running with very tough breaks and straight swim is that you are going to miss the point of breaking your distance into smaller pieces in the first place - which would be to able to hit competition pace in training. I think it generally easier for age group triathletes to still be able to do that compared to pool swimmers.
Maybe it will work for you also to mix both approaches and get all the benefits. Thanks for your comment!
Very nice Video, because of you i got faster, i followed your tips, in 2021 i swam 2300m in 37:30 min and in the end of 2022 i was 6 minutes faster, with 4 times Training a week.
Thank you very much🙏, i would like to get personal tips from you one day🙏
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