It looks like there will be no more meets in 2020 and after that is unclear. Pools are opening, but pool time is limited. Right now I am fortunate to be able to swim 3 per week for 45 minutes at a reasonably convenient pool. With limited pool time, and no meets for awhile what is the best use of time? Here are my thoughts and I would be interested in yours. Strength is important, but it can be improved with dry land work. Conditioning is important, but 3 times a week for 45 minutes is likely not enough. Technique is arguably most important and I think I can get sufficient work in that area during my limited pool time. So I am focusing on every drill I know, on DPS, on streamlining, on tempo, and everything else I can think of to improve technique. What do you think and what are you doing?
What do you think and what are you doing?In the heart of the pandemic, when everything was shut down, I took up hiking in a more committed fashion. I'd hiked on and off in my life, but never as a primary form of aerobic exercise. Over the summer, I worked my way up to 35-40KM per week, but that's difficult to maintain that volume and layer on enough swimming.
With our pools re-opened, my weekly goal is this until the snows come
25KM of hiking = likely over 5 hikes, ranging from 3KM to a little more than 8KM.
15KM of swimming = I'm fortunate that I now have access to two, hour long Masters workouts a week and can find pool time for 3 more hours each week
I'm starting to layer on top of that 3-4 bodyweight dryland workouts at home each week, each about 30 minutes long. Think pushups, squats, planks, etc.
That should keep me in a good aerobic zone and gives me about 12-13 hours of training time per week. I don't think I need to do any more than this in terms of time or distance, but will just increase the intensity.
I think that when the snows hit here, I'll trade out my hiking for rowing during the week and then cross-country skiing on the weekend.
What do you think and what are you doing?In the heart of the pandemic, when everything was shut down, I took up hiking in a more committed fashion. I'd hiked on and off in my life, but never as a primary form of aerobic exercise. Over the summer, I worked my way up to 35-40KM per week, but that's difficult to maintain that volume and layer on enough swimming.
With our pools re-opened, my weekly goal is this until the snows come
25KM of hiking = likely over 5 hikes, ranging from 3KM to a little more than 8KM.
15KM of swimming = I'm fortunate that I now have access to two, hour long Masters workouts a week and can find pool time for 3 more hours each week
I'm starting to layer on top of that 3-4 bodyweight dryland workouts at home each week, each about 30 minutes long. Think pushups, squats, planks, etc.
That should keep me in a good aerobic zone and gives me about 12-13 hours of training time per week. I don't think I need to do any more than this in terms of time or distance, but will just increase the intensity.
I think that when the snows hit here, I'll trade out my hiking for rowing during the week and then cross-country skiing on the weekend.
