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 also read the "Fitness swimming", but(i have been that way with everything - especially weightlifting in the past), I like to extract some ideas from what I read and combine them with what I think will work for me, so I kinda try to find a good mixture.So I did not exactly follow the routine that Mr. Hines presented in the book, but just implemented the ideas I found useful into my work-outs.I think it works so far, 'cause I am down to 1:11 in my 100m freestyle from a push off a wall in 4 months since I started swimming(from about 1:45).I also added a breaststroke which seemed to help me lower my times at some point and go to the gym for weights 2-3 times a week.
And the most important thing(I learnt that from weightlifting and I am sure that applies to swimming) is to never do the same work-outs for a long period of time, try to vary them a bit, add something new or whatever ...
Good luck.
I also read the "Fitness swimming", but(i have been that way with everything - especially weightlifting in the past), I like to extract some ideas from what I read and combine them with what I think will work for me, so I kinda try to find a good mixture.So I did not exactly follow the routine that Mr. Hines presented in the book, but just implemented the ideas I found useful into my work-outs.I think it works so far, 'cause I am down to 1:11 in my 100m freestyle from a push off a wall in 4 months since I started swimming(from about 1:45).I also added a breaststroke which seemed to help me lower my times at some point and go to the gym for weights 2-3 times a week.
And the most important thing(I learnt that from weightlifting and I am sure that applies to swimming) is to never do the same work-outs for a long period of time, try to vary them a bit, add something new or whatever ...
Good luck.
