Hi I am looking for help. I want to know how masters swimmers plan out their Taper before competition. How long is it ? How much do you reduce the distance and intensity of your workouts ?
How effective has it been? Do you Taper at all?
I have found through my own swimming that the Taper for masters swimmers is not the same as for elite swimmers. I don't think that we need the same taper as we are not doing 50,000 + meters a week ! All of the research out there is written for elite swimmers. If anyone knows of an article dealing with taper for masters swimmers then please tell me.
I am thinking of writing a paper on this if I can get enough info. If you could say how you plan your Taper, what your weekly volumes are and the events you swim then I would be eternally thankfull.
I agree with you there. I only swim between 8,500 up to sometimes over 12,000. So, like you tapers would hurt more. And swimming a single stroke at meets like Breaststroke, you have to swim anything from 50 to 200, and the taper really hurts for the 200. Also, I'm thinking about doing 200 meter freestyle or 400 meter freestyle at our state meet. That's means I'm only doing two sprints, the 50 meter and 100 meter breaststroke.
I agree with you there. I only swim between 8,500 up to sometimes over 12,000. So, like you tapers would hurt more. And swimming a single stroke at meets like Breaststroke, you have to swim anything from 50 to 200, and the taper really hurts for the 200. Also, I'm thinking about doing 200 meter freestyle or 400 meter freestyle at our state meet. That's means I'm only doing two sprints, the 50 meter and 100 meter breaststroke.
