New Training strategy...thoughts????

RE: New Training strategy...thoughts????

mcnair — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:26:59 GMT

I think you're putting in a lot of yardage on those shoulders if you are just training for 50s and 100s; putting in the 3500-yard workout every other day and alternating with days focused on kick sounds like a better idea. You might give the routine a couple of weeks and see if that doesn't give your shoulder joints enough recovery. I went through something similar not long ago and went back to the old hard day-easy day routine. Not wanting to lose too much fitness I increased the percentage of yards in kick and drill on my EZ days rather than reduce the total yardage by that much (I was working on long and middle-distance though), but it was enough a break on the shoulders to get them feeling semi-normal again. The whole hard day-easy day concept really works for me. Just be careful you don't exchange your shoulder problems for knee and hip issues! Also, I would definitely scale back on the lifting in the weeks leading up to your goal event.

RE: New Training strategy...thoughts????

Former Member — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:22:20 GMT

Dude I remember your name from the IWU meet 3/7. I swam there too. First meet I e ever done! Nice to meet u!

RE: New Training strategy...thoughts????

Former Member — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:27:29 GMT

Same age group here. What are you times? I just started swimming in January after a 27 yr lay off!

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Former Member — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:16:46 GMT

If you are experiencing shoulder pain, I suggest seeing a trained professional (PT, MD, etc.) for an evaluation. Personally, I think you should re-evaluation the CrossFit training, as it may improve strength and decrease Body Fat %, but it may have increased your injury risk (cf. centerofoptimalrestoration.com/.../). If performing CrossFit, you must ask yourself, is it worth the heightened injury risk and does it translate to swimming? As far as kicking, if you have shoulder pain, discontinue using a board and consider this protocol (cf. www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../29211.asp).

RE: New Training strategy...thoughts????

Waterdog7946 — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:14:24 GMT

www.usms.org/.../indresults.php I struggled this year a little. For 50free I'm anywhere from 24.5 to 25.5 in season but the last 2 years my taper has been good and I've gone 23.4 and 23.9. When I was 33 I struggled to break 56.0 in the hundred but had a monster taper and went 52.1. Maybe would have gone faster since my first 50 was 24.4 but I pulled a quad on the last turn and limped in. Been chasing that ever since. Pretty certain that with the work I've put in and the extra speed work with power wieghts I can taper to a low 51.0 100 free this year..maybe even faster :)

RE: New Training strategy...thoughts????

Waterdog7946 — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:10:58 GMT

My events are 50's and 100 freestyle and butterfly with IM sprinkled in for flavor. I've also been know to do a 200free here and there but I split it very poorly. I tell you since I started getting a DEEP TISSUE massages on a regular basis it has really helped with recovery and injury. I'm only 35 but I'm still prone to joint issues and muscle pulls. The guy I work with at Crossfit has been helping me develop my Olympic lifts particularly the power clean/squat clean movements. If you get a chance watch a few videos of this movement and watch how close it is to the movement you make off a start and turns when straightening out. I'll be swimming state but only on that sunday and only 2-3 events. Gotta get ready for Nationals :)

RE: New Training strategy...thoughts????

Former Member — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:10:33 GMT

What events do you do? I had a massage this weekend and man I felt great getting back into the pool last night. Are you swimming state up there? I plan on coming up!