Swim To Sydney 2000
We are off to a good start. We have about 450 miles reported in. Our goal is 7000 miles by the 2000 summer Olympics. We are doing a great job so far. The log books aren't just at Steiner East, but at Steiner West, WVC, Kearns Oquirr Center, Park City Middle School, Bountiful Bubble, Sports Mall on 9th East, Northwest, and Cottonwood Heights. If you haven't seen them yet, then just ask. If you don't have a log book, then we can set you up with the necessary forms to get started. We need the help of everybody to accomplish our goal. Youth, and non-members invited to participate.
As your fitness Representative, Swimming isn't just for the competitive athlete, but for the fitness, and recreational swimmer as well. Swimming is the best for everybody involved. If you enjoy swimming laps, then you are a fitness swimmer as well. Masters swimming is fitness. A minority compete at national levels, but you can accomplish your goals, by beating your times, or just having fun by swimming events at meets or at the pool that you haven't done before. If you know anyone who might be interested in Masters swimming, tell them about the program. We would love to have them.
Lets get on the bandwagon and swim to Sydney by Sept 2000.
Christopher Wood, Fitness Representive.
Questions: Send an e-mail to JadedBehan@aol.com
Phone: 1-801-466-1287
Steiner Outdoor Pool Opening
Steiner and SYAC are planning a public opening event for the outdoor pool. On May 13th at 10:30 a.m. registration will begin for several long distance swims in the outdoor pool. Choose to swim a 1K, 3K, or 5k. Awards, drawings, and refreshments will be available. Should be a great event!
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Perspectives on Interval Training - Part 1
By Robynn Masters, Off The Leash
Reasons for Interval Training
If you are in good shape, training below your THR won't improve cardiovascular fitness. Easy workouts may aid muscle recovery and refresh you mentally. If you are out of shape, any training improves fitness. Lower intensities do burn more fat for fuel but overall, you can burn more total fat calories by training harder. For example, running for one hour at a heart rate of 120 bpm may burn 350 calories. Of these, about half, (175) might be fat calories. Conversely, if you run harder and get your heart rate to 160 bpm, you might burn 1,000 calories in an hour. At this intensity, only about 20% will be fat calories, but that is still more (200) than the low-intensity run. So, overall, at the higher intensity you burn slightly more fat calories and nearly 3 times as many total calories -cool right?
This is also significant because of the way our bodies restock used calories. When you run below your THR zone and burn a higher percentage of fat calories, your body will replenish these first. Thus, you're back where you started. For losing weight, it is best to train at the highest level that is comfortably sustainable. Don't restrict your training intensity in an attempt to burn more fat. Good-bye love handles!
Evidence indicates that the more intensely you train, the more you will improve. However, it is unknown whether you can reach a point of diminishing returns. Some experts have suggested that 90% should be the limit for training intensity. But this has yet to be shown scientifically. Most experts agree that a target range between 65% and 85% of maximum is safe andeffective. If you train in this target range, it is guaranteed you will become fitter (and firmer). I'll address target heartrate training (THR) more specifically next time. (Look for Part II next Strokes).
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