Hi. I am just starting back to swimming after a 20 year image problem related absence. I am having a hard time figuring out a workout that is something I can accomplish. I can do all strokes, except butterfly. This week I started swimming 1900 yds everyday. I am not swimming it all at once, but trying to do sets. For example, today I swam:
1x200 fr, 1x100 ***, 10x25 fr alternating fists and trying to sprint!!!, 5x50 br. 1 normal, 1 no kick, 1 no pull, and 1 normal, 1x200 fr. alt breathing and fists, 4x50 alt. br. and back, 3x100 fr. 1 normal, 1 fists, 1 normal, and practicing alt breathing, 4x50 br., and 4x50 free.
All were seperated by 5-20 sec. rest.
I would like to be able to shave serious time off of a 50 ***, which I am now swimming at (yikes!) 55 sec. I would also like to gain some abliity to not breath CONSTANTLY!!! Also, when you are doing your underwater bit in the free, are you supposed to be breathing out? I seem to make many bubbles that others don't.
I have been reading the posts on the discussion boards for a week or so now, and you all seem to be very knowledgable and helpful. If anyone can offer a suggestion or two, I would be very thankful.
Thanks
As you have probably seen from reading threads on this forum the best way to improve is to get hooked up with a local Masters swim club. For most people, having a coach and regular workouts with a team is probably the single most important factor for improvement.
Also, you may wish to contact Wayne McCauley (breastroker) on this forum. He is one of the nations leading breaststroke practitioners. Check out his web site www.breaststroke.info
Thanks, I checked out his website and it was real informative. There is a masters team here, but I am pretty sure I can't keep up with them yet!
Also, turned off my alarm this morning and turned over to take my resting heartbeat, and woke up 45 min. later! Yikes! So I missed my 5:30 swim. However, I looked up my post and there was a workout for me! So since my oldest was home from school, I dropped the other kids off and he watched the youngest and I went off to swim at the 8:30 lap swim. So I tried the workout and after allowing myself a few adjustments for rest on the repeat, I finished it!!!
Thank You!!!
I'm glad that you were able to finish the workout! That's awesome!! And the falling back asleep thing....happens to me all the time...that's why I swim a noon now instead of early in the morning.:D Keep up the good work!!
~Kyra
I found this workout on Swiminfo.com and I love it (it's really easy and perfect for just coming back)!! Maybe in place of the butterfly then you can do just dolphin kick or drills...tha'ts what I did until I could finally do butterfly and now I use it to really practice my technique.
250 yds--free
250 yds--***
400--IM
50--free sprint
50--***
Repeat
Total of 2000 yds.
Check Swiminfo.com for other workouts...they have a lot to chose from and I have found several that I adore!! Good luck!!
~Kyra
