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Originally Posted by Mullins
Generally it takes me about 1:20 to do 100m; this sounds faster than average, from what I hear (1m/sec being widely touted as the most efficient speed for monofinners).
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That does not sound too fast. In General, monofinners swim quicker than bi-finners. Strong "anaerobic" types swim faster and lean, "endurance sports" types swim slower. From what you're describing, you would be in group a, a fast swimmer.
I think Stig and Peter cover 200m in around 2 minutes! They would be the prime examples of the "fast school".
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2) Intensity - there seems to be a school of thought that encourages people to do lots of easy dynamics and surface swimming to improve technique (fair enough) and to improve 'fitness' (here's where I tend to disagree). I would have thought that spending as much time as possible in the 'discomfort' zone would promote a type of fitness more appropriate to long dives (ie lactic acid tolerance, hypoxic tolerance etc). And that training fast would condition the muscles to heavy loads under hypoxic conditions.
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Again, totally individual. If your technique is perfect or at least very good and you are in good general fitness, then I'd say surface swimming would be next to useless?
If you're someone (like me), who does not have a strong background in sports, it is very effective to simply learn technique and improve the generally areobic and anaerobic fitness, as well as the right muscle groups.
Naturally for someone reasonably athletic you will propably get best results by doing apnea swimming. It does not always have to be to the max, but just to let the body get used to working extended periods in anaerobic with minimal oxygen debt.
