Sorry if these questions have all been asked before, but here goes: I've been a lap swimmer for about 5 years and have been doing my 1 mile 3-4 times a week pretty much regularly, but I never seem to get any faster than my 35-40 minute mile. I've done plenty of searching via the internet and all of the workouts that I've come across (the shortest being in the 2500 range) are far too advanced and time consuming at the moment. Currently I'm rather overwhelmed. I understand the notion of intervals and anaerobic work, but when and how often should I be doing them? I've thought about joining the closest master's team(St. Louis) , but they are well over an hour away and at the moment I doubt that I would benefit from joining since I'd only be able to get up there once a month or so. Would anyone out there be willing to get me going in the right direction?
Thanks, John
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Another thing you can do is to add in dry land training(abs, stretch cords, etc.) before you swim. Adding a weight lifting program will help as well.
