I searched the past threads to try and find some answers to my questions about prepping for a "taper" meet. We are an uncoached masters team and I have been writing most of the workouts throughout the year, but when it comes to tapering I am a bit lost as to how to put an appropriate workout together as we close in on our biggest meet of the year.
I realize that everybody tapers differently, but what I am looking for is just a general idea of what to do. We have been averaging 4000 yards 4x a week. I've read about the 100:75:50 ratio in terms of volume, but I also would like to understand what kind of workouts we should be doing. Volume wise we were going to do something like this:
4 weeks away from the meet - 3750
3 weeks away from the meet - 3500
2 weeks away from the meet - 3000
week before the meet - 2000
Any assistance (maybe an example) is appreciated.
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Don't sell yourself short, this is plenty to taper from. If you've been working hard your body needs to rest. Personally I try to keep an aerobic component in my workouts until a week out from the meet, but at a lower total volume than during my non-taper times. The final week I don't even think you need to worry about any kind of short rest stuff at all. Just my opinion, of course.
Dude, the last time I tried to swim a 1650 you lapped me.
Don't sell yourself short, this is plenty to taper from. If you've been working hard your body needs to rest. Personally I try to keep an aerobic component in my workouts until a week out from the meet, but at a lower total volume than during my non-taper times. The final week I don't even think you need to worry about any kind of short rest stuff at all. Just my opinion, of course.
Dude, the last time I tried to swim a 1650 you lapped me.
