I am an amateur swimmer and have started swimming in the pool 2.5 years ago. I enjoy all strokes and swim IM. This last year i have trained hard and got to this time a week ago 2:41 200m im (25m pool). What would it take to catch ~ 2:25 ? What are the advanced techniques for an IM-er? I get a bit tired in the first 50m of butterfly and suffer a bit the backstroke exhaling part underwater.
There are as many ways to swim IM well as their are good IMers. It would be useful to know more about your swimming - your stroke strengths and weaknesses, whether you are more of a sprinter or a distance swimmer, how your underwater work is (since underwater dolphin kick is the one constant through three different strokes).
In a general sense, the key to IMs is the transitions - you have to make sure you get into a good rhythm within the first couple stroke cycles or else you will just be spinning your wheels.
There are as many ways to swim IM well as their are good IMers. It would be useful to know more about your swimming - your stroke strengths and weaknesses, whether you are more of a sprinter or a distance swimmer, how your underwater work is (since underwater dolphin kick is the one constant through three different strokes).
In a general sense, the key to IMs is the transitions - you have to make sure you get into a good rhythm within the first couple stroke cycles or else you will just be spinning your wheels.
