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
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Mr. Lezak's training methods are probably good in their own right .... but let's be honest.... he was not a middle distance swimmer. He was a 100 man. The 200m free needs more yardage based training to pull off succesfully. I would recommend getting in as much yardage as many days a week (in a long course pool) before this race as possible. You can not fake a 200m free the last length. A modest taper would be preferred as compared to a 100 free.
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Mr. Lezak's training methods are probably good in their own right .... but let's be honest.... he was not a middle distance swimmer. He was a 100 man. The 200m free needs more yardage based training to pull off succesfully. I would recommend getting in as much yardage as many days a week (in a long course pool) before this race as possible. You can not fake a 200m free the last length. A modest taper would be preferred as compared to a 100 free.
