i used to do mainly breastroke and no rests for my workout a few weeks ago ,since reading many different articles on this forum ,the last couple of weeks have seen a change in my workouts.i now do a warmup of alternate freestyle/breastroke25,50,75 and100m.then i do 20 sets of 125m
(first and last 25m freestyle) the rest (75m) breastroke,i find that my arms are really tired,legs too by the end of these sets(i rest between sets about 20-40 seconds)then i warmdown reverse of warmup.I am hoping to increase the freestyle part but don't know if the tiredness will allow this.(total workout including warmup/down=3000metres,total free=1250,total breastroke=1750metres)is there anything i can do to keep energy levels higher?no drugs though.
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That's a lot of breaststroke. You might cutdown some of the yardage. I don't know if you know backstroke or fly but you might do about 200 yards of them. Maybe 4x 25 yard butterfly or 2x 100 yards backstroke. If you know sidestroke do a 100 yards of that. I don't do that much *** or free since I'm able to do some other strokes in my workout. Too much *** can lead to knee problems or groin problems and too much free can lead to shoulder problems. And I'm a breaststroker and rarely swim over 1000 yards in workout breastsroke but if you don't know anyother strokes maybe you should learn at least sidestroke or backstroke,there are books about general swimming that will show the sidestroke and books like total immersion deal with the back and fly.
That's a lot of breaststroke. You might cutdown some of the yardage. I don't know if you know backstroke or fly but you might do about 200 yards of them. Maybe 4x 25 yard butterfly or 2x 100 yards backstroke. If you know sidestroke do a 100 yards of that. I don't do that much *** or free since I'm able to do some other strokes in my workout. Too much *** can lead to knee problems or groin problems and too much free can lead to shoulder problems. And I'm a breaststroker and rarely swim over 1000 yards in workout breastsroke but if you don't know anyother strokes maybe you should learn at least sidestroke or backstroke,there are books about general swimming that will show the sidestroke and books like total immersion deal with the back and fly.
