Hello, all:
I just recently joined these forums but was hoping I could get some tips on how to improve my 500 free. My current times lie around 5:40 (PR is 5:35), usually with my split from a dive being around 28.00 then having the rest of my splits level off to around 34.00-35.00. My goal is to have my time down to a 5:25 by memorial day weekend (15 weeks), and eventually down to under 5:00, although I haven't set a time for that. I currently swim 3800-4200 5 days a week with no real focus in my workouts. I plan to up my workouts gradually so that I'm swimming around 30,000 yards a week (up from 20,000). What things should I be focusing on in my workouts to help my splits? Are there any specific aspects of swimming that I should be focusing on for the 500?
Thanks,
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A big big aerobic base as Mr Unruh describes, most definitely helps when swimming the 500. in both Mr Unruh and my case years of age group and College training was required to build our base. It's hard to build a base yet so easy to loose it.
I am surprised you did not throw out Blue Bell ice cream as a tool when training for the 500 Mr Unruh.
A big big aerobic base as Mr Unruh describes, most definitely helps when swimming the 500. in both Mr Unruh and my case years of age group and College training was required to build our base. It's hard to build a base yet so easy to loose it.
I am surprised you did not throw out Blue Bell ice cream as a tool when training for the 500 Mr Unruh.
