I need to speed up building up my cardio, and I need to decide how to best go by doing it.
Don't really want to drastically increase my swimming, since I alerady do 2400-3000 Y or M a day (depending on waht pool we end up in SCY or LCM), and about couple times a week or so twice a day. This is all my shoulders and upper body are willing to handle without getting strained to a point where it starts feeling like a serious muscle irritation ratherthan just DOMS. Still need time to build up the strength there. I'm relatively pleased with how my strength is comingalong. My cardio really frustrates me. :rolleyes:
I'm a klutz when it comes to running and don't really want to add strain to the joints etc. that running will do. Wanna save my legs for swimming. Really don't want to do stuff that will increase risk of injury that will take me away from swimming training.
Now that my friend filled my head with the idea that I might have a chance to qualify for FINA master's games in Italy, which I was planning to go to and just watch my friend swim. I'm not really sure how realistic that idea is. Maybe 50/50. I dunno.
I'm kind of unsure as to what would be a good choice to give my cardio more of a push, something I can do as a second workout of the day. Do I get back in the pool in the afternoons, and do some intense kicking sets with longer fins (this actually sounds like something I'd be pretty eager to do)? Something dryland?
Well, this is about as far as I had thought this through (not a lot just yet). So many options - I'm not sure which way to turn. Any input, ideas, suggestions you guys might have that can help me think this through would be welcome.
Or... maybe I just more patience. I'm not sure if I'm pushing it too hard or not hard enough. It must be one of "those" days today.
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Originally posted by waves101
Cardio conditioning = repeat sets with little rest (ie. 10 x 100 with 10-15 seconds rest between 100's. Make these a part of your everyday workouts and monitor your progress. As you get comfortable try 3 sets of 5 x 100 with decreasing intervals say 2:00, 1:50 and 1:45 (adjust if necessary for the individual). The key is on the final set to be pushing yourself to the brink of failure (missing the next interval).
Good Luck and let me know your progress/results.
Yea, our coach has us do those all the time, and I do them till I start missing intervals. Then I take a minute rest, or till my breathing normalizes a tad (whichever happens first), and go after them again.
Just about every set he gives us is on some sort of an interval that we need ot hold, make etc...
I still can't do all the intervals he calls for. One issue is my cardio, the other is that I'm still pretty slow, so I probably work quite a bit harder to make the interval than someone who is faster.
If the lanes aren't crowded, I adjust my intervals slightly so I can try and *just* make them. Well, I suppose I need time, and keep at it.
Originally posted by waves101
Cardio conditioning = repeat sets with little rest (ie. 10 x 100 with 10-15 seconds rest between 100's. Make these a part of your everyday workouts and monitor your progress. As you get comfortable try 3 sets of 5 x 100 with decreasing intervals say 2:00, 1:50 and 1:45 (adjust if necessary for the individual). The key is on the final set to be pushing yourself to the brink of failure (missing the next interval).
Good Luck and let me know your progress/results.
Yea, our coach has us do those all the time, and I do them till I start missing intervals. Then I take a minute rest, or till my breathing normalizes a tad (whichever happens first), and go after them again.
Just about every set he gives us is on some sort of an interval that we need ot hold, make etc...
I still can't do all the intervals he calls for. One issue is my cardio, the other is that I'm still pretty slow, so I probably work quite a bit harder to make the interval than someone who is faster.
If the lanes aren't crowded, I adjust my intervals slightly so I can try and *just* make them. Well, I suppose I need time, and keep at it.
