Right now I have an incredibly busy schedule as I have a full time job as a teacher, and I am doing a ton of tutoring as state exams are coming up soon. I also have had some social events that were not really optional.
Finding time to swim has been difficult. Last summer, when I first got back into swimming after a 20 year layoff, I was doing 1/2 mile 4-5 days a week, plus some dry land training. Usually I would do a mile once per week.
I have completely stopped the dry land. I would say I swim three times some weeks and twice other weeks, but now I usually do 2200 yards in one workout. For example, I swam 2200 on Saturday, and haven't gone since, but I am heading to the Y in a short while.
Is a longer workout, but less frequent, better than more frequent shorter workouts? To be honest, what I was doing last summer in terms of distance seems like a joke now...I now do almost 1/2 mile for my warmup. I need to do at least a mile to feel like I have really worked out, but I can't go as often.
If one better than the other, or is it a wash?
PS...my pool stamina is much better since I cut out the heavy weights.
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Just gotta experiment to see what your body responds to. I didn't know it at the time, but my old school Masters coach was a garbage yardage guy, but that's all I knew so I didn't know what I didn't know! When I moved and joined a new program I went to on average 30% less yardage and broke 3 PR's in that year. No more mindless yardage 'just because'. I had pretty much been stuck at the same level for a decade with that old coach. Experiment!
Just gotta experiment to see what your body responds to. I didn't know it at the time, but my old school Masters coach was a garbage yardage guy, but that's all I knew so I didn't know what I didn't know! When I moved and joined a new program I went to on average 30% less yardage and broke 3 PR's in that year. No more mindless yardage 'just because'. I had pretty much been stuck at the same level for a decade with that old coach. Experiment!
