A question for all you Fitness Swimming readers: I've been trying to improve my swimming for sometime now, and based largely upon the advice from members of this forum I purchased Emmett Hines' book Fitness Swimming. I did the T15 test he recommends (swam my 100s at 1:50) and started working through the 'Blue' section of the book. It was hard - not because of the amount of swimming or the drills- because I felt like I wasn't getting as good of a workout as I normally do. Before I moved on to the 'Purple' section of the book, I took the T15 test again and swam 100s in 1:55. I know that I should expect my times to increase before they improve , but when should I begin to see improvements? He mentions 'swimming nirvana' later in the book and I seem to be as far from it as you can be.
Thanks, JP
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I would suggest doing the green workouts first. I took a week and did two to three green workouts a day and focused purely on technique. It helped greatly. I would forget about your times for the next 4 weeks, and then see how they are. I started off just under 1:50 and am now down to a 1:30 cruise pace. I have only been doing his workouts for a few months now.
If you aren't getting a good workout, do a couple of workouts together, or add other stroke to your workout.
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Blue
I would suggest doing the green workouts first. I took a week and did two to three green workouts a day and focused purely on technique. It helped greatly. I would forget about your times for the next 4 weeks, and then see how they are. I started off just under 1:50 and am now down to a 1:30 cruise pace. I have only been doing his workouts for a few months now.
If you aren't getting a good workout, do a couple of workouts together, or add other stroke to your workout.
Hook'em
Blue
