Coaching practices for How Fast Should I Be

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• I try to keep up with the fast pace in the video and a couple of minutes in I get lightheaded and have to stop
• I only have a few weeks and barely any hours in the week, and I want the fastest possible way to get noticeably fitter
• Given enough time I can reason my way to the right call, slowly working it out
• I get it right almost every time now, so I figured I was done
• My inner critic shoots down every idea the second it forms, so nothing ever gets out

Practices that may help

1. Build pace gradually — 1 stroke/second before going faster
   Start at one stroke per second and add pace only when the abdomen leads cleanly at the current rate.
   Kapalbhati Pranayama, Made Practical
2. Use HIIT for rapid VO2max gains when time is limited
   High-intensity interval training raises VO2max in as little as 6–8 weeks — the fastest known training route to a higher aerobic ceiling.
   VO2max Training
3. Rapid classification trials
   Make classification judgments quickly and get immediate feedback to accelerate discrimination learning.
   Perceptual Learning: Training Your Eye Before Your Mind
4. Fluency monitoring with speed metrics
   Track response speed alongside accuracy — speed is the signature of automaticity, accuracy is not.
   Automaticity: When Skills Run Themselves
5. Work at a dramatically different speed
   Do the stuck task ten times faster or ten times slower — the speed change changes the output.
   Oblique Strategies, Made Practical
6. Train at conversational pace for aerobic base
   Keep effort low enough to speak in full sentences — the sweet spot for building aerobic capacity.
   The Talk Test: Gauge Exercise Intensity Without a Monitor
7. Navigate group fitness classes using the talk test
   Use speech ease to stay in your target zone during instructor-led classes that don’t know your fitness level.
   The Talk Test: Gauge Exercise Intensity Without a Monitor
8. Use conversational pace to build exercise tolerance safely
   New exercisers who train entirely within conversational pace build fitness while avoiding the discouragement of early burnout.
   The Talk Test: Gauge Exercise Intensity Without a Monitor
9. Build immediate feedback loops into every repetition
   Shorten the gap between action and information about that action to minutes, not days.
   Growth-Edge Training: Practicing at the Edge of Your Ability
10. Retention: build in spacing so it lasts
    Schedule what you learn to come back over time, not just at the start.
    Ultralearning: Aggressive, Self-Directed Learning

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