Hi everyone,
In preparation for a 6k race next year, I've changed my training plan to interval training 3 days a week, Mo (20*100m), We (10*200m), Fr (5*400m).
Currently I keep lowering the time it takes to swim one repetition.
I have two main questions:
is this a good strategy, to lower the time/ interval until I achieve a desired pace and after that to increase the number of repetions, aiming for race distance? What would be a better approach?
For these 3 days of interval training, should I keep 100m/ 200m/ 400m intervals or should I increase to 200m/400m/800m? A better option?
Cheers,
Adrian
When I was training for triathlons, my coach would have us swim a lot of 400 & 500 sets on an interval. One of my favorites was 3 x 500 descending 1-3.
Every couple of weeks we would do a 1000 time trial to measure our progress.
The thing our coach tried to avoid was doing a lot of slow, EZ continuous swims, unless it was a recovery workout. She thought that led to sloppy form and was counterproductive.
We would also do some 10 x 100's on an interval as "speed work" once a week or so.
Good luck.
When I was training for triathlons, my coach would have us swim a lot of 400 & 500 sets on an interval. One of my favorites was 3 x 500 descending 1-3.
Every couple of weeks we would do a 1000 time trial to measure our progress.
The thing our coach tried to avoid was doing a lot of slow, EZ continuous swims, unless it was a recovery workout. She thought that led to sloppy form and was counterproductive.
We would also do some 10 x 100's on an interval as "speed work" once a week or so.
Good luck.
