Whats your weekly yardage and what events?

RE: Whats your weekly yardage and what events?

Glenn — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:52:32 GMT

With all of the information that is out there, I fail to understand (unless you are a fitness swimmer only) why yardage is important. You are training for 50/100 fly and free and 200 free. Look into USRPT. Ultra short race pace training. Forget yardage. It needs to be quality race pace.

RE: Whats your weekly yardage and what events?

Patrick W. Brundage — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:38:46 GMT

I train for the 400 IM and 500 free and, in 2012, the year of my absolute MAXIMUM training since joining masters in 2001/2002, I averaged 17,360 yards per week. On that volume, I also swam decent OW events up to 5K. You don't need volume to swim fast, you need to swim fast to swim fast! I'd second the recommendation to look at the Rushall work for the time you have and the events. Also, of course, read the High Intensity training workouts by Leslie Livingston on these forums. As to your coach not knowing about it or mentioning it, it's pretty 'cutting edge' and I'd say that many USA swimming coaches have not heard about it, nor adapted their programs for it. On the USMS side, there are so many swimmers and coaches who are just focused on yardage (and not on race-training) that it's not surprising your coach hasn't mentioned it.

RE: Whats your weekly yardage and what events?

Former Member — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 08:44:58 GMT

Just 6 - 13 K each week, with 6-8 sessions in the water, and work to rest ratio from 1:3 to 2:3 (rest as in stationary inactivity and not recovery or drill swimming, though my aerobic swims may qualify as such to others). Swimming often supplimented with a good amount, and variety of dryland stuff. Target races for me is 50 and, I daresay, 25 fr and strokes. Steve if you'd feel up to sharing any of your workouts in detail I'd be very grateful. Just to look them over and see since I'm so green at planning my own. I really don't like the 200 and have come to love short stuff. If it's up to me it will be 50/100 fly free!

RE: Whats your weekly yardage and what events?

Allen Stark — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 06:12:43 GMT

Here is the thread on USRPT (started by Glenn.) forums.usms.org/showthread.php

RE: Whats your weekly yardage and what events?

Former Member — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 05:53:14 GMT

I just read the article on it sounds like a great idea. Would it surprise you that my Masters coach has never uttered a word about this? Certainly no workouts to that effect. I'm the first to admit I'm a 1 on a scale of 100 in swim set knowledge. Wee fledgling. Anyone have a link to perhaps some workout examples since I will now be swimming almost entirely on my own? Thanks in advance.

RE: Whats your weekly yardage and what events?

__steve__ — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 04:30:45 GMT

RE: Whats your weekly yardage and what events?

Glenn — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 02:31:04 GMT

Here are some other articles related to the one I just sent and just came out .www.swimmingscience.net/.../weekly-round-up.html

RE: Whats your weekly yardage and what events?

Glenn — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 02:29:29 GMT

Here is a link to the paper written by Brent Rushall. Most coaches do what they have done forever and do what they learned from those who coached them. Dr. Rushall wants to move the sport in a different direction. Makes sense to me. This is a long piece. It was much easier for me to print it out and read and highlight it than to read it on-line. coachsci.sdsu.edu/.../energy39.pdf