Levels of Fatigue in Swimming

When a set of repetitions of swimming, a particular type of exercise in the weight room, or a session on a swim-bench is planned, each block of exercises attempted is a training stimulus. At the completion of the training stimulus experience, the body should have changed in the way the stimulus provoked. In accordance with the Principle of Specificity, specific exercises train specific movements and do not generalize to other activities. How the swimmer reacts to the training stimulus is a training response. What results from an exposure to a training stimulus is a training effect. The degree of demand of the training stimulus is the level of training stress (Rushall & Pyke, 1991).