Training for 200m freestyle

There's a swim meet coming up in one and a half month's time, and i am planning to take on the 200m freestyle. Can anyone help me specific on what drills and sets should i be focusing on? And by the way i am training with weights too, following this program by jason lezak www.bodybuilding.com/.../jasonlezak1.htm I am on the speed training phrase now though. I am also doing the 3-3-3 drill swimspire recommended me and some finger drag catch up, but hope for some sets and other drills As Steve mentioned, one month's preparation will not give you too much opportunity to train specifically for the 200 freestyle. But you can use this as a 'time trial' just to get an idea of what level you are on for this particular event. I'm glad that you are using the drills I suggested. Go sparingly on the fingertip drag catchup as it is easy to get into the habit of swimming fullstroke that way. The best thing to do would be a combination of drills and fullstroke. For example, 25 drill, 25 fullstroke for a 200...You can also go for sets of kick and drill, then sets of drill and fullstroke. Variety is the key. Be sure to get your splits from the race and use this first time as a test run to see where you need to go from there. Good luck! Julia Galan www.swimspire.com

There's a swim meet coming up in one and a half month's time, and i am planning to take on the 200m freestyle. Can anyone help me specific on what drills and sets should i be focusing on? And by the way i am training with weights too, following this program by jason lezak www.bodybuilding.com/.../jasonlezak1.htm I am on the speed training phrase now though. I am also doing the 3-3-3 drill swimspire recommended me and some finger drag catch up, but hope for some sets and other drills As Steve mentioned, one month's preparation will not give you too much opportunity to train specifically for the 200 freestyle. But you can use this as a 'time trial' just to get an idea of what level you are on for this particular event. I'm glad that you are using the drills I suggested. Go sparingly on the fingertip drag catchup as it is easy to get into the habit of swimming fullstroke that way. The best thing to do would be a combination of drills and fullstroke. For example, 25 drill, 25 fullstroke for a 200...You can also go for sets of kick and drill, then sets of drill and fullstroke. Variety is the key. Be sure to get your splits from the race and use this first time as a test run to see where you need to go from there. Good luck! Julia Galan www.swimspire.com