Cam McEvoy cut 73% of his swim training volume — not because he wanted to work less, but because most of the volume was extraneous load. Aerobic base work doesn't tax the glycolytic system his 100m race actually demands, so it was waste wearing the costume of effort. Eliminating that waste freed capacity for germane load: targeted work on race-specific breakdown points like 15-35m deceleration, turn speed, and underwater kick quality. Less training became more productive training by removing what was never serving the goal.
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