Hi,
I'm an 18 year old guy who is interested in swimming competitively. I've never been on a team sport before and I've been training now for about 3 or so weeks. At first, I could barely swim 75 m without being exhausted, but now my practices average between 500-600 m per day. However, I still can't swim more than 50 m continuously and my endurance isn't too good. What kind of workouts should I be doing while swimming to improve well enough to be on a team? How many meters should I be swimming a day? Thanks for the help
You can look at the workouts posted on this site and get an idea of training basics. Check forums.usms.org/forumdisplay.php
If you want to swim in Master's meets, I think you should try to swim 3 to 5 times a week and try to get in 10,000 to 15,000 a week. You will not be able to do that in the beginning and you should begin with workouts that allow you to preserve your form. If you want to swim in USA Swimming meets, you should probably plan on more.
Most Master's teams have a wide variety of swimmers (by ability) in each workout and there should be a lane that matches your current and future abilities. You will find that training with a team is much better than trying to workout on your own - not only because of the input from coaches and others, but also the shared goals of the other swimmers.
Good luck to you. Let us know how it works out.
You can look at the workouts posted on this site and get an idea of training basics. Check forums.usms.org/forumdisplay.php
If you want to swim in Master's meets, I think you should try to swim 3 to 5 times a week and try to get in 10,000 to 15,000 a week. You will not be able to do that in the beginning and you should begin with workouts that allow you to preserve your form. If you want to swim in USA Swimming meets, you should probably plan on more.
Most Master's teams have a wide variety of swimmers (by ability) in each workout and there should be a lane that matches your current and future abilities. You will find that training with a team is much better than trying to workout on your own - not only because of the input from coaches and others, but also the shared goals of the other swimmers.
Good luck to you. Let us know how it works out.
