Tapering

You've been training since January for a meet this coming Sunday. You're only doing 50s. If you have 5 days till your meet how would you plan out your workouts if you plan on hitting the pool 3 of those days? you don't need to do much, Consider this: mostly swim easy with perfect strokes, turns, push offs, streamlines, & break outs. Wed 1200 total, do 3 x (25 fast followed by 75 easy followed by 1 or 2 min rest ) Thu 1000 total, do 2 x (25 fast followed by 75 easy followed by 2 or 3 min rest) Fri OFF Sat 800 total all easy Sun MEET I think Ande is spot on with this one. I did almost the exact same type of taper the last two years when I was only swimming 2-3 days a week. It was good for a full 2.5 second drop in my 100free from season bests when adding the shave. Only thing I would add would be to drop kicking out altogether from thursday on.

You've been training since January for a meet this coming Sunday. You're only doing 50s. If you have 5 days till your meet how would you plan out your workouts if you plan on hitting the pool 3 of those days? you don't need to do much, Consider this: mostly swim easy with perfect strokes, turns, push offs, streamlines, & break outs. Wed 1200 total, do 3 x (25 fast followed by 75 easy followed by 1 or 2 min rest ) Thu 1000 total, do 2 x (25 fast followed by 75 easy followed by 2 or 3 min rest) Fri OFF Sat 800 total all easy Sun MEET I think Ande is spot on with this one. I did almost the exact same type of taper the last two years when I was only swimming 2-3 days a week. It was good for a full 2.5 second drop in my 100free from season bests when adding the shave. Only thing I would add would be to drop kicking out altogether from thursday on.