I have another question for all of you wise swimmers. I see the saying"to swim fast in a meet you need to swim fast in practice" or something like that. So, do I need to be swimming at race pace for each set that I do? Should I just make sure that I am swimming at say 80 or 90%? I'm not sure. I would have thought it would depend on the workout but what do I know? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks and hope you are having a good weekend!
One frustration I have when reading workouts written by others: I can easily tell WHAT the set is, but it is often hard or impossible to puzzle out the WHY of it. "What are you training for?" If I can't figure out WHY I should do a certain set or workout, I usually don't do it.
Have you asked whoever wrote the workout these questions?
I post my workouts in my blog, and I'd certainly welcome questions like this. But truthfully, the answers probably aren't what you're looking for.
Usually, "why," is, "because the coach assigned the set." Our team goes through specific training cycles, and I trust our coaches to give the right workouts at the right time for me to benefit the most.
And you probably won't like this answer either, but I don't train for specific events, and most people I swim with don't either. When I see a meet order of events for one I may do, I take a look and base my events on what works best for me, based on that order. If it works out that I can do the 800 free and 200 ***, so be it. But if they're back-to-back, I probably won't.
One frustration I have when reading workouts written by others: I can easily tell WHAT the set is, but it is often hard or impossible to puzzle out the WHY of it. "What are you training for?" If I can't figure out WHY I should do a certain set or workout, I usually don't do it.
Have you asked whoever wrote the workout these questions?
I post my workouts in my blog, and I'd certainly welcome questions like this. But truthfully, the answers probably aren't what you're looking for.
Usually, "why," is, "because the coach assigned the set." Our team goes through specific training cycles, and I trust our coaches to give the right workouts at the right time for me to benefit the most.
And you probably won't like this answer either, but I don't train for specific events, and most people I swim with don't either. When I see a meet order of events for one I may do, I take a look and base my events on what works best for me, based on that order. If it works out that I can do the 800 free and 200 ***, so be it. But if they're back-to-back, I probably won't.
