I'm just curious if people vary what they do in a meet warm up vs. a regular warm up. Something I never got the proper hang of during my fastest swimming days was 1) what MY best taper was and 2) what MY best meet warm up was. It was always do as I was told. I always suspected my tapers were too short (based on anecdotal evidence of feeling a week after championships like I was indestructible and could have shattered my times if the meet was that day) and never had a clue if my meet warm ups were sufficient, as we were typically left to our own devices to splash around.
Figuring that people's workout warm ups will roughly reflect the events they are training for, do you do the same warm up at a meet as you do in practice? How do you decide if your meet warm up is working for you?
some very very good info above from some national champions to think on m2tall2.
realize you will never get to use the toys during warmup in a usms meet. fina, well, i have yet to see someone get punished for diving off the blocks, using paddles, using a kickboard, using a pullbouy or anything else that is not allowed, but done.
also realize that your warmup on a multi-day meet should change according to the events that day. no reason to do a lot of fly if all you are racing that day is ***!
here is my big tip: sometimes you get thrown a curve...you either take the strike or you knock it out of the park. the choice is yours.
ie. you have looked over the time line and know exactly how much time you need for warmup and to be ready for your event to swim at 2pm. you get to the pool at 12:15pm knowing you have plenty of time. uh oh! instead of the meet being on the mens 200 *** before the womens 100 fly starts...they are 3/4ths the way done with the womens 100 fly! its time to sprint to the locker room put on your race suit and get in the warmup pool for 300 so you can sit in marsheling to swim your race and hour before you thought
some very very good info above from some national champions to think on m2tall2.
realize you will never get to use the toys during warmup in a usms meet. fina, well, i have yet to see someone get punished for diving off the blocks, using paddles, using a kickboard, using a pullbouy or anything else that is not allowed, but done.
also realize that your warmup on a multi-day meet should change according to the events that day. no reason to do a lot of fly if all you are racing that day is ***!
here is my big tip: sometimes you get thrown a curve...you either take the strike or you knock it out of the park. the choice is yours.
ie. you have looked over the time line and know exactly how much time you need for warmup and to be ready for your event to swim at 2pm. you get to the pool at 12:15pm knowing you have plenty of time. uh oh! instead of the meet being on the mens 200 *** before the womens 100 fly starts...they are 3/4ths the way done with the womens 100 fly! its time to sprint to the locker room put on your race suit and get in the warmup pool for 300 so you can sit in marsheling to swim your race and hour before you thought
