Taper - Am I doing it right? Thoughts and opinions helpful.
Former Member
Hello, Alex here.
Just thought I might drop in my taper schedule for my championship meet May 12th and 13th. A few notes are that I have been weight lifting since August mon-thurs, and swimming 5500 yards mon-fri since January. I'll list my weight lifting goals on dumbbell and leg extensions. I also plan on keeping my diet I've been having the same throughout the taper (cereal in the morning, pizza for lunch, who knows for dinner lol ) Another note is that I'm a mid distance swimmer (200 and 500 are my best events) Thanks for stopping by! :D:D
4 weeks before
April 15 - Rest
April 16 - Dumbbell Weights - 34 reps of 35, swim 5500 yards
April 17 - Leg Extentions - 36 reps of 45, South High Duel Meet
April 18 - Leg Extensions - 39 reps of 45, swim 5500 yards
April 19 - Dumbbell Weights - 38 reps of 35, swim 5500 yards
April 20 - Hornet Invitational Prelims
April 21 - Hornet Invite Finals
3 weeks before
** start sleeping 1 hour earlier every night
April 22 - Rest
April 23 - Dumbbell Weights - 42 reps of 35, swim 5500 yards
April 24 - Leg Extensions - 42 reps of 45, Centennial Duel Meet
April 25 - Leg Extensions - 45 reps of 45, 5500 yards
April 26 - Dumbbell Weights - 45 reps of 35, 5500 yards
April 27 - Swim 5500 yards
April 28 - College orientation (rest)
2 weeks before
April 29 - Rest
April 30 - no weights, swim 4100 yards
May 1 - no weights, County Duel Meet
May 2 - no weights, swim 4100 yards
May 3 - no weights, FFC Duel Meet
May 4 - swim 4100 yards
May 5 - Flip turn practice at 15 meter pool
1 week before
May 6 - Rest
May 7 - no weights, swim 2750 yards
May 8 - no weights, swim 2750 yards
May 9 - no weights, swim 2750 yards
May 10 - no weights swim 2750 yards
May 11 - ****PRELIMS****
May 12 - *****FINALS***** :bliss:
My opinions:
100 y free 57.98
27.21
30.77
better, but you can go 57-low with better splitting.
200 y free 2:08.42
28.35
31.44
33.72
34.91
still a lot of room for improvement here.
500 y free 5:53.61
31.36
35.02
35.57
36.32
36.21
36.05
36.03
36.23
35.74
35.08
Not bad at all! Congrats on going under 6 (your first time, yes?) It looks like you still had some in the tank at the end too. Maybe hit the gas about 75-100 earlier.
...Thursday I was not able to lift weights because the class wanted to play dodge ball. I also was late to practice because of an appointment, and as a result I was unmotivated on Friday and only swam a little over 600 yards compared to my 5500 yard average.
Yea, you kinda had a mini taper.
My opinions:
100 y free 57.98
27.21
30.77
better, but you can go 57-low with better splitting.
200 y free 2:08.42
28.35
31.44
33.72
34.91
still a lot of room for improvement here.
500 y free 5:53.61
31.36
35.02
35.57
36.32
36.21
36.05
36.03
36.23
35.74
35.08
Not bad at all! Congrats on going under 6 (your first time, yes?) It looks like you still had some in the tank at the end too. Maybe hit the gas about 75-100 earlier.
...Thursday I was not able to lift weights because the class wanted to play dodge ball. I also was late to practice because of an appointment, and as a result I was unmotivated on Friday and only swam a little over 600 yards compared to my 5500 yard average.
Yea, you kinda had a mini taper.
