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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been again swimming tonight,i think the knee thing is definitely better with less breastroke.Also i think i'm getting fitter by increasing freestyle content,i read that 3000metres was about right for training and as i only go 3 times per week i assumed i wasn't overdoing it.Perhaps i 'll throw in some backstroke sets to break up the other 2 strokes,i try to keep the sets simple as i easily lose count of how many lengths i've done ...<<<
been again swimming tonight,i think the knee thing is definitely better with less breastroke.Also i think i'm getting fitter by increasing freestyle content,i read that 3000metres was about right for training and as i only go 3 times per week i assumed i wasn't overdoing it.Perhaps i 'll throw in some backstroke sets to break up the other 2 strokes,i try to keep the sets simple as i easily lose count of how many lengths i've done ...<<<
