Complete Noob With Questions

you're training for fitness right now. you want to improve as much as YOU can. your current time for the 100 free is 2:00 you wonder what reasonable goals would be in 1 month, 3 month, 1 year Is it reasonable to expect that I can achieve halfway reasonable times? You worry that you might be one of those people that just has a really low aerobic ceiling. you asked "how often should I be practicing?" you're currently swimming 3 times a week (1 hour / practice & 2k). you asked "Should I increase this soon or wait? If so, how soon?" Hey NOOB, you want to improve as much as YOU can. define this more, improve what? a 50, a 100? a 200? a 500? what you can repeat 10 x 100 on with 10 sec rest your current time is for the 100 free is 2 minutes you've got lots of low hanging fruit Technique is the biggest opportunity for you the best way to improve your technique is get one on one technique lessons from someone who knows their stuff and teaches well have her identify your most important things to correct, you just need a few, hopefully she'll get in the pool and watch you under water. LIKE: Improve your push offs STREAMLINE skinny, push off hard, glide far then begin your kick and start swimming at the right moments Improve your SPLITTING which is the effort you use to do a particular swim, many swimmers especially beginners, try too hard and use too much effort in the first 1/4 or half of a swim which makes their last half to 3/4ths hurt worse and their over all time is slower. Identify where you are: have your coach or a friend time you for a 25, 50, & 100 free go as fast as you can rest 3 minutes between your 25 & 50, and 7 minutes between your 50 & 100 ALSO improve your kick have someone time you for a fast 25 and 50 kick work on kicking correctly and faster have your coach or friend video you swimming freestyle (on an Iphone) 1) towards and away swimming easy 2) towards and away swimming fast 3) from the side easy 4) from the side fast watch it and youtube it you wonder what reasonable goals would be for 1 month, 3 month, 1 year Don't worry about times, set process goals instead of results goals, Let your results be whatever they'll be Process goals are things like: swim 5 - 6 x / wk, lift weights 2 or 3 x / wk test your 25, 50, 100, & 200 free once a week increase your yardage, time per work out swim in 1 meet get 1 on 1 technique lessons once every week or 2 Is it reasonable to expect that I can achieve halfway reasonable times? depends, this is totally subjective, what are halfway reasonable times? keep it fun, focus on the process, if you improve your technique, train harder, further and faster, your times will be faster. You worry that you might be one of those people who has a really low aerobic ceiling. your aerobic capicity is the result of the training you've done over your life and recently, the more you do, the more it will improve train 4, 5, or 6 times a week swim further each practice, you're at 2k right now, build up to 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 or even 5.0 per practice, add on or build up in stages you'll get used to it and soon you do things you've never done before. Your body adapts to the stresses it undergoes. You can handle more than you think you can. to test sets like 10 x 100 fr on 10 sec rest, swim smooth and steady at 80 - 85% effort how often should I be practicing? you're currently swimming 3 times a week, for an hour, doing around 2k). if you REALLY want to improve as much as YOU can. you need to do more you asked: "Should I increase this soon or wait? If so, how soon?" Begin NOW, if you REALLY want to improve as much as YOU can. if it doesn't matter put it off.

you're training for fitness right now. you want to improve as much as YOU can. your current time for the 100 free is 2:00 you wonder what reasonable goals would be in 1 month, 3 month, 1 year Is it reasonable to expect that I can achieve halfway reasonable times? You worry that you might be one of those people that just has a really low aerobic ceiling. you asked "how often should I be practicing?" you're currently swimming 3 times a week (1 hour / practice & 2k). you asked "Should I increase this soon or wait? If so, how soon?" Hey NOOB, you want to improve as much as YOU can. define this more, improve what? a 50, a 100? a 200? a 500? what you can repeat 10 x 100 on with 10 sec rest your current time is for the 100 free is 2 minutes you've got lots of low hanging fruit Technique is the biggest opportunity for you the best way to improve your technique is get one on one technique lessons from someone who knows their stuff and teaches well have her identify your most important things to correct, you just need a few, hopefully she'll get in the pool and watch you under water. LIKE: Improve your push offs STREAMLINE skinny, push off hard, glide far then begin your kick and start swimming at the right moments Improve your SPLITTING which is the effort you use to do a particular swim, many swimmers especially beginners, try too hard and use too much effort in the first 1/4 or half of a swim which makes their last half to 3/4ths hurt worse and their over all time is slower. Identify where you are: have your coach or a friend time you for a 25, 50, & 100 free go as fast as you can rest 3 minutes between your 25 & 50, and 7 minutes between your 50 & 100 ALSO improve your kick have someone time you for a fast 25 and 50 kick work on kicking correctly and faster have your coach or friend video you swimming freestyle (on an Iphone) 1) towards and away swimming easy 2) towards and away swimming fast 3) from the side easy 4) from the side fast watch it and youtube it you wonder what reasonable goals would be for 1 month, 3 month, 1 year Don't worry about times, set process goals instead of results goals, Let your results be whatever they'll be Process goals are things like: swim 5 - 6 x / wk, lift weights 2 or 3 x / wk test your 25, 50, 100, & 200 free once a week increase your yardage, time per work out swim in 1 meet get 1 on 1 technique lessons once every week or 2 Is it reasonable to expect that I can achieve halfway reasonable times? depends, this is totally subjective, what are halfway reasonable times? keep it fun, focus on the process, if you improve your technique, train harder, further and faster, your times will be faster. You worry that you might be one of those people who has a really low aerobic ceiling. your aerobic capicity is the result of the training you've done over your life and recently, the more you do, the more it will improve train 4, 5, or 6 times a week swim further each practice, you're at 2k right now, build up to 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 or even 5.0 per practice, add on or build up in stages you'll get used to it and soon you do things you've never done before. Your body adapts to the stresses it undergoes. You can handle more than you think you can. to test sets like 10 x 100 fr on 10 sec rest, swim smooth and steady at 80 - 85% effort how often should I be practicing? you're currently swimming 3 times a week, for an hour, doing around 2k). if you REALLY want to improve as much as YOU can. you need to do more you asked: "Should I increase this soon or wait? If so, how soon?" Begin NOW, if you REALLY want to improve as much as YOU can. if it doesn't matter put it off.