Like many others, I've made the transition to outdoor LCM swimming for the summer. I love it in many ways. But I have noticed that the "garbage yards" problem creeps in when I swim long course. I work on my stroke, which is good, but my tempo and overall intensity drop. I swim with fitness lap swimmers for the most part, or alone. The other day I swam some 100s alternating between easy and hard, and made some progress on the hard ones. But I notice that I anticipate my pool time less because it feels like I'm mailing it in.
Does anybody else have this problem? If so, do you have suggestions for how to introduce more variation and intensity into long course swimming?
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Yesterday I swam 5 x 50 fly long course with lots of junk in between, and I found myself thinking, "What the hell am I thinking, LCM 100 fly???" So will take your suggestion and go do my homework. Maybe I will discover a magic tip that makes this possible! Thanks for the recommendations.
Not sure if this is classed as a magic tip, but if you're thinking 2 50s fly joined together seems a long way, practice 100s as fly kick or drills to get your body used to the idea of swimming fly for that distance.
Yesterday I swam 5 x 50 fly long course with lots of junk in between, and I found myself thinking, "What the hell am I thinking, LCM 100 fly???" So will take your suggestion and go do my homework. Maybe I will discover a magic tip that makes this possible! Thanks for the recommendations.
Not sure if this is classed as a magic tip, but if you're thinking 2 50s fly joined together seems a long way, practice 100s as fly kick or drills to get your body used to the idea of swimming fly for that distance.
