This is most likely a topic for training but I need some general advice also. I will be 60 at the nationals and swim both BF and FS. I go a 27.66 in the 50 BF, and a 25.29 in the 50 FS. For the 100's it is a 1:03 in the BF and :56 in the FS. I lift 3x/wk and swim 4x/wk. For the most part I train alone. I find if I go much more than 2600 yds in a workout I am close to killing my shoulders. I also should note that even in practice when working on 50's if I go increments faster than 1:15 I can only do about 6 FS. If I am working on BF I need to do the increments at least around 1:30 and then I can only do around 4 of those. If I swim a 100 BF I am about done for the day! My times have been coming down every year but I think if I could get more out of practice I would see much more improvement. A normal workout for me is:
400 warm-up
4X 100 stoke on the 2:30
5 x 100 broken with 10 sec rest on 1st 25 and 1st 50 on 4min
8 x50 stroke on 1:30
400 kick
(3) 4x25 on 45sec
200 cool down
I have followed a lot of the threads and looked at workouts but am searching for something I can do without breaking down--another possibility is that i am just lazy--not sure how to fix that!
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You might also benefit from racing in meets more, so that you can practice dealing with the adrenaline. That condition doesn't exist in practice.
As someone who has done most of their fastest 50s breastroke in 100 races, I'd agree with this advice but add that you should do meets that you don't mind experimenting in. Make yourself stroke out the swim as you might in training and accept that you might not swim your fastest. You might just find that you do. If you're not a natural sprinter, it can come down to trust. I know that I can bash out a decent enough 50 ***, but if I can really trust myself to hold a sensible stroke count I can go faster. Part of my issue is that I don't race that often, so don't take my own medicine!
You might also benefit from racing in meets more, so that you can practice dealing with the adrenaline. That condition doesn't exist in practice.
As someone who has done most of their fastest 50s breastroke in 100 races, I'd agree with this advice but add that you should do meets that you don't mind experimenting in. Make yourself stroke out the swim as you might in training and accept that you might not swim your fastest. You might just find that you do. If you're not a natural sprinter, it can come down to trust. I know that I can bash out a decent enough 50 ***, but if I can really trust myself to hold a sensible stroke count I can go faster. Part of my issue is that I don't race that often, so don't take my own medicine!
