I want to say thank you to the USMS forum for allowing me to read all of the nice information about swimming. It has taught me a great deal more swimming then I had anticipated.
I have a few questions that I have read from past threads that deal with recovery after successive workouts over a extended period of time.
Over the past three and half months I have accumulated many yards and only missed 6 days during that time frame. My recovery days are normally Thursday and Sunday where I do low key swimming and no hard stuff. I sprint 50's, 100's, and 200's once a week to try and improve my endurance speed level.
My question is that should I take a recovery week or two to work on stroke technique and just swim easy during this time. I know that when I was younger I had about 1-2 months off from age group swimming per year normally after the Fall/Winter and Summer seasons. Should I be worried about burnout if I continue swimming 7 days a week? Or should I separate my training into periods during the year? I swim alone like some people on this forum and read about one person who had swam for almost a year 6 times a week and was almost burned out.
Thank You for your time and expertise in this area.
My question is that should I take a recovery week or two to work on stroke technique and just swim easy during this time.
Do you feel like you need it? I'd say if you still feel like you've got plenty of energy and you're enjoying swimming then keep going. Take a break when you feel like you need one.
My question is that should I take a recovery week or two to work on stroke technique and just swim easy during this time.
Do you feel like you need it? I'd say if you still feel like you've got plenty of energy and you're enjoying swimming then keep going. Take a break when you feel like you need one.
