I read a lot of older threads which touched on this topic but I had some specific questions and wonder if anyone has anything new to add.
For longer dynamic swims, lactic acid is definitely my limiting factor as opposed to actual hypoxia. Since I mostly get jollies spearfishing my pool training has been largely stamina based.. I can do 50's and 75's for quite a while; 50's roughly 2:1 or less (ie 55 sec swim with 25 sec rest), lower ratio for longer distances where I am actually working anearobically. I am not remotely hypoxic on a 50 when starting with a full lung but on a 75 I will start to feel some real contractions and blood shunt towards the end. I am not necessarily looking to push my safety margin on the spearing front but want to see what I could do with a pool dynamic. I avoid lactic dives when spearing since they leave me stuck on the surface for too long.
What are some sets for building lactic acid tolerance? I have started working some full lung sprint intervals into my training; last workout I could get through three and a half 50's on a one minute interval, going all out sprint on the swim portion (34 secs). Failure was primarily lactic burn as oppossed to CO2. I also sometimes work no breather/no fin kickboard sets in a short course pool, doing ladders at the wall (ie 6 breaths after first lap, then 5, etc down to 1 breath, then back up and down until failure from CO2 mostly although I get a lactic burn.) I am very careful with empty lung sets; although I can get a solid burn with those I am primarily hypoxic on those sets and keep them conservative.
Another question, is part of the advantage of a mono that since dolphin kick uses more core muscles, your swimming muscles are less affected by blood shunt and lactic build-up? I train in longfins, mostly flutter although I have a good dolphin kick.
Thanks. I am training with buddies and safety protocols, by the way.
For longer dynamic swims, lactic acid is definitely my limiting factor as opposed to actual hypoxia. Since I mostly get jollies spearfishing my pool training has been largely stamina based.. I can do 50's and 75's for quite a while; 50's roughly 2:1 or less (ie 55 sec swim with 25 sec rest), lower ratio for longer distances where I am actually working anearobically. I am not remotely hypoxic on a 50 when starting with a full lung but on a 75 I will start to feel some real contractions and blood shunt towards the end. I am not necessarily looking to push my safety margin on the spearing front but want to see what I could do with a pool dynamic. I avoid lactic dives when spearing since they leave me stuck on the surface for too long.
What are some sets for building lactic acid tolerance? I have started working some full lung sprint intervals into my training; last workout I could get through three and a half 50's on a one minute interval, going all out sprint on the swim portion (34 secs). Failure was primarily lactic burn as oppossed to CO2. I also sometimes work no breather/no fin kickboard sets in a short course pool, doing ladders at the wall (ie 6 breaths after first lap, then 5, etc down to 1 breath, then back up and down until failure from CO2 mostly although I get a lactic burn.) I am very careful with empty lung sets; although I can get a solid burn with those I am primarily hypoxic on those sets and keep them conservative.
Another question, is part of the advantage of a mono that since dolphin kick uses more core muscles, your swimming muscles are less affected by blood shunt and lactic build-up? I train in longfins, mostly flutter although I have a good dolphin kick.
Thanks. I am training with buddies and safety protocols, by the way.