HIIT swimming – rest or swim between intervals

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  • smithcorp

    2:04 am

    14 Sep 15

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    I am doing interval training in our local 25m indoor pool. I warm up with a couple of lengths then sprint flat out for 25m, then rest for a couple of minutes before another sprint. I usually do a total of 8 sprint lengths and warm down with some walking in the pool.

    I’m wondering if I should be doing slow swimming (active resting) instead of just gasping at the end of the pool?

    For context I am not new to swimming. I’m 54 and my pre-HIIT swim workout would be around 20+ continuous lengths at a reasonably quick pace in the time I have available, swimming in the fast lane. However, the sprint intervals are killing me. I am exhausted after each one, so I really need to rest and let my HR settle before embarking on the next one.

    Is it better to sprint really hard and rest, or lower the sprint intensity so I can do a lap or two slowly between sprints?

    yvettekim40plus

    8:13 pm

    16 Sep 15

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    Yes, I too started doing interval training in our 25m pool. It really was incredibly hard, but am sticking with it, but I am doing mine with 2-3 slow laps in between.

    I have only started interval training so need to really experiment for myself, as I am not a fast swimmer anyhow. Keep me posted on how you go with it. Sorry that I don’t having anything useful to add, just wanted to share there is another swimmer in sunny NZ giving it a go!

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