Reply To: Macro planning/periodization

[dmuecke]

According to Rushall 10 weeks conditioning are required to reach final VO2max the rest of conditioning does only hold the state.
Another aspect is the stimulus swimmers get from workouts. Is the stimulus high enough swimmers adapt and get better next time (super compensation).
If you stop swimming before physical exhaustion swimmers time to recover is very fast and they should be able to compete at any time.