Alex Muni, NOVA of Virginia
Our typical Tuesdays with our National group involve some anaerobic stacking. So our last 30 minutes are lactate tolerance. To “activate” the right system and get the most adaptation, I had to keep their rest under :30 following the max effort swims. As the set evolved, they got more active recovery swimming to help them maintain their speed on the max effort swims as well as maintain a higher but steady heart rate during the recovery swims. The subsequent max effort swims with the increasing acidosis combined with the high neuromuscular demand while metabolic stress is building is where this set becomes “lactate tolerance”.
The Swimming Wizard 