Hi,
I'm an 18 year old looking to compete on a local club team. I have never swam or played any sports before, and I have been training since mid-August. At first, I could barely swim 25 m and now I'm doing 50s. I have a personal trainer who's working with me, and the coach has watched me before. He told me that I need to work on endurance, because I can't repeatedly do 50s or even 100s with short rest. How long do you all think it would take if I trained extremely hard to do this? What do I need to do to make this happen? Thanks for the help
It's going to take lots of swimming to become a swimmer, and you can do it. Anything like weight training is going to take away from time and energy you could be using in the pool and is of little, if any, benefit to reaching your immediate goal of swimming 50 and 100 repeats. You'll create an entirely new set of swimming muscles in the water and, as you've probably found, be really sore! That's OK and good; means you're making progress. Lot's of ways to approach it. Maybe work your way up to a continuous 400. Pace doesn't matter, just get through it without stopping. Makes those 50s and 100s seem a lot shorter and will build strength and endurance. Good luck - you can do this!
It's going to take lots of swimming to become a swimmer, and you can do it. Anything like weight training is going to take away from time and energy you could be using in the pool and is of little, if any, benefit to reaching your immediate goal of swimming 50 and 100 repeats. You'll create an entirely new set of swimming muscles in the water and, as you've probably found, be really sore! That's OK and good; means you're making progress. Lot's of ways to approach it. Maybe work your way up to a continuous 400. Pace doesn't matter, just get through it without stopping. Makes those 50s and 100s seem a lot shorter and will build strength and endurance. Good luck - you can do this!
