November marks 3 months that I have been swimming now. I have been swimming an average of 5 times a week and have just recently got my 800 yd. free down to 16 minutes and my mile down to 45 minutes. My question is how long should it take me to get my miles down to 30-35 minutes and my 800 down to about 10? I was involved in zero physical activity before I started swimming so my cardiovascular health was not at its peak. When I started I was doing good if I could swim 400 yards in 45 minutes. Perhaps I am being overeager or impatient but what sort of timeline should I set for the goals I mentioned above? If it matters I am 30 years old, stand rougly 6 feet tall and weigh about 165. This swimmer carries no extra bulk!! BTW, all of my swimming is done in regular boxer type swim trunks with pockets. When I switch to a jammer or brief will I notice a big difference in drag? I feel a lot of drag when doing my pushoffs especially. Thanks for any input.
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I guess all I can say is that any drag device that affects your body position (adversely) is probably a poor training aid.
I completely agree! See there's no real controversy....Just a little misunderstanding perhaps. I am all about trying to reach stroke perfection as well. I put a lot of concentration on "Stroke mechanics", Overall "Energy Conservation", and "Hydrodynamics".....Three aspects of swimming that have a lot of overlap between them. My stroke feels much better than it did when I was in college b/c I didn't focus nearly enough on these aspects as a college (or high school) swimmer. I placed more focus on just raw endurance training and working out hard every practice....Looking back I think I squandered some opportunities back then for not paying enough attention to these extremely important aspects.
newmastersswimmer
I guess all I can say is that any drag device that affects your body position (adversely) is probably a poor training aid.
I completely agree! See there's no real controversy....Just a little misunderstanding perhaps. I am all about trying to reach stroke perfection as well. I put a lot of concentration on "Stroke mechanics", Overall "Energy Conservation", and "Hydrodynamics".....Three aspects of swimming that have a lot of overlap between them. My stroke feels much better than it did when I was in college b/c I didn't focus nearly enough on these aspects as a college (or high school) swimmer. I placed more focus on just raw endurance training and working out hard every practice....Looking back I think I squandered some opportunities back then for not paying enough attention to these extremely important aspects.
newmastersswimmer
