I love reading all the stories about how much people have improved and how much they have cut down their times. It's very inspiring and encouraging. But as I look at my own times, they don't seem to be coming down. They have dropped about 5 seconds since I started swimming again three months ago, but they have kind of stopped dropping. This is frusturating considering that I feel my form has improved dramatically. So basically I was looking for everyones secrets to making times come down. I work hard, I swim everyday, and it seems no matter what I do they just won't move. Any ideas would be helpful!! And keep up the good work everybody!!!
~Kyra
p.s. my 50 SCY free is about 40 some odd seconds..sometimes in the upper 30's (horrible I know)... and I want to be able to do it in at least 30 (lower) something, but upper 20's would be awesome.....most the rest of my strokes are the same time except for breaststroke which is slower.
Seagurl, try setting a goal or training for a specific event, if that is 50 free, then every workout should have something aimed at that event. I swim longer events so I do much longer sets. You might want to consider adding some aerobic base training just to improve your conditioning. Twice a month I swim "a 1/2 hour of 100's" a baseline set where you are trying to see how many 100's you can do in a half hour, getting about 10 seconds rest in between each. I do it once all freestyle and since I am training for IM's the other time in the month I do it 100 IM's. It is a very challenging set but I have really noticed improvement in the four months since I started doing it regularly.
Seagurl, try setting a goal or training for a specific event, if that is 50 free, then every workout should have something aimed at that event. I swim longer events so I do much longer sets. You might want to consider adding some aerobic base training just to improve your conditioning. Twice a month I swim "a 1/2 hour of 100's" a baseline set where you are trying to see how many 100's you can do in a half hour, getting about 10 seconds rest in between each. I do it once all freestyle and since I am training for IM's the other time in the month I do it 100 IM's. It is a very challenging set but I have really noticed improvement in the four months since I started doing it regularly.
