Who has a good system for determining equality of workouts? Obviously time and distance are not good, because a 2 hour ride is definitely not the same as a 2 hour run. Does anyone have a good way to equate swim/bike/run?
My average workout lately has been 2 hours on the trainer. Today my trainer broke, so I went to the pool for the second time since september, and I swam 4200 yards. Equivalent workout?
-Colin
Swim : Run :: Phi^2 : 1 (Overall stress on body, based on time alone, not distance covered.)
Swim : Bike :: 1 : 1 (Overall stress on body, based on time alone, not distance covered)
Swim : Run :: 1 : 4 (Distance covered on completely flat course)
Bike : Run :: Phi^2 : 1 (Distance covered in superman position on completely flat course)
So, for an athlete that was trained perfectly equally (highly theoretical of course) between the three disciplines, we would use the equations below to figure out the equivalent bike and run workouts.
Run workout equivalent stress = (4,200 x 4) / (phi^2) = 6,417 yards
Bike workout equivalent stress = 6,417 x phi^2 x phi^2 = 43,979 yards = 4,200 x 4 x phi^2
Simple as that my man.
I remember seeing this here some time ago and I’ve kind of stuck with the idea.
Swim 1 point for 100yds
Bike 1 point for 1 mile
Run 4 points for 1 mile
For olympic distance events you might arrange something like this for a week of training.
Swim: 10,000yds=100pts
Bike: 100 miles=100pts
Run: 25 miles=100pts
If you are weaker in one discipline then you could shift points around to train that weakness.
This is just my opinion and I’m not qualified to give any coaching advise in any way.
jaretj
Based on work record times and energy expenditure I use the following equivilants: (this is based on an even amount of skill level)
1 mile of runningis 1 point
3 miles of biking is 1 point
1/4 mile of swimming is 1 point.
Always devote some extra time to your weakest part. Swimming is also a highly refined skill. The better skilled you are the easier it gets.
DougStern
Yes, it’s Dr. Eric Banister’s heart rate-based training impulse (TRIMPS) concept.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=2246166