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
One set my coach likes to give us that seems to work well for the 200 is something like:
200 fast
200, broken @ 100 for 20 sec*
200, broken @ each 50 for 10 sec*
200, broken @ each 25 for 5 sec*
200 FAST
* for each broken swim, when you stop (except at the end), you should flip and do a foot touch. hand touch at the very end.
I think we do them on about a 4 min interval, enough so you get about a minute rest after each.
Have you swum a 200 in a meet before? If so, how was it, and when was it? Do you have a goal for this one?
And I agree that the 200 is not a distance event. Perhaps a mid-distance at best.
One set my coach likes to give us that seems to work well for the 200 is something like:
200 fast
200, broken @ 100 for 20 sec*
200, broken @ each 50 for 10 sec*
200, broken @ each 25 for 5 sec*
200 FAST
* for each broken swim, when you stop (except at the end), you should flip and do a foot touch. hand touch at the very end.
I think we do them on about a 4 min interval, enough so you get about a minute rest after each.
Have you swum a 200 in a meet before? If so, how was it, and when was it? Do you have a goal for this one?
And I agree that the 200 is not a distance event. Perhaps a mid-distance at best.
