I am helping a masters swimmer train for the 1500m. I helped her previously for sprinting (2 years back now). Anyway I saw her in the pool and she trains by just swimming the 1500m.
I was wondering if there were some other ways to train. Previously I have my swimmers do a 4 x 400 Free on pace.
But I remember Dave posting awhile back talking about Hackett training a different way for his (this was during a discussion by Dave against doing pointless yardage). Any info on this?
Lastly – a triathlon coach recently changed her freestyle to a straight arm pull. No scull at the start – just arm enters, elbow stays locked and goes straight through.
Everything I know says that is horribly wrong – especially for a 55+ swimmer. Seems too hard on the joints to be effective and not enough leverage.
But I also remember a friend of mine (a top level sprinter) saying he used this way and that it was faster for him as a 6’6″ guy so maybe I’m way off base for this masters swimmer.
Any help would be really appreciated.
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