My big question is...how often should I swim/train to achieve my swim goals?
I never know if swimming 5 days a week vs swimming 7 days is better because some days your body is just tired and you end up having not-as-good-workout. Does that make the workout productive or is rest better?
I was swimming everyday for 3 months straight practically, working myself really hard, doing twice a week weights, and then I hurt my shoulder for the 1st time in my life! I swam competitively in high school and never had an injury. It made me feel old.
However, I still want to work hard and achieve my goals but I just don't know if swimming everyday is the answer. I understand that it also depends WHAT I swim daily and how intense I work as well...but I just do whatever workout the masters coach gives us that day. So it varies.
I feel like I'm training without any idea of how to get to where I want.
I have a very ambitious goal...but fortunately I told myself I'd just like to achieve this some time in my life..whether it's in two years or 20 years....but I would like to drop 5 seconds in my 100 freestyle. Someday. Yes, it's obviously incredibly difficult to drop that much time in a sprint event but I want to! The question is...how to get there? Is swimming everyday the key? Or maybe it has nothing to do with number of times I work out but more about what I'm actually doing at the practice. But what should I be doing? Of course technique is important.
I'd just like to hear some suggestions. I feel like I'm swimming in the dark!
Thanks!
-Helen
here's the gist
you feel like you're training without any idea of how to get to where you want. your goal is to drop 5 seconds in your 100 freestyle how to get there? Is swimming everyday the key?
it has LESS to do with number of times you workout AND
MORE about what you're actually doing during practice.
what should you be doing?
Dear Swimming in the DARK,
Step in to the light, you're trying to get there.
There being "a 5 sec improvement in your 1 fr time"
1) identify HERE
what are your times for 25, 50, & 100 free?
what is your height? weight? age?
what sort of sets do you do?
What intervals can you hold
does your shoulder still hurt?
what kind of suit did you wear when you test your times?
Describe your weight program
here's the gist
you feel like you're training without any idea of how to get to where you want. your goal is to drop 5 seconds in your 100 freestyle how to get there? Is swimming everyday the key?
it has LESS to do with number of times you workout AND
MORE about what you're actually doing during practice.
what should you be doing?
Dear Swimming in the DARK,
Step in to the light, you're trying to get there.
There being "a 5 sec improvement in your 1 fr time"
1) identify HERE
what are your times for 25, 50, & 100 free?
what is your height? weight? age?
what sort of sets do you do?
What intervals can you hold
does your shoulder still hurt?
what kind of suit did you wear when you test your times?
Describe your weight program
