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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Stacey,
That is great! I cannot get down to that few strokes. I was able to get down to 16-18 strokes on some of my drills last night. But once I started to tire out I was back up to the 20 -22 stroke range.
I know Emmett frequents the boards and has a site for his swim group. For the time being I'll probably just continue through the red zone workouts to complete all six zones and see where I am at as far as the swim tests, swim golf and stroke count goes. Then I'll be sure to drop him a line and thank him and tell him how much the book has helped me out.
In the meantime I have no problem being one of the board "guinea pigs" and provide periodic updates on how the program is working for me!
:eek:
Stacey,
That is great! I cannot get down to that few strokes. I was able to get down to 16-18 strokes on some of my drills last night. But once I started to tire out I was back up to the 20 -22 stroke range.
I know Emmett frequents the boards and has a site for his swim group. For the time being I'll probably just continue through the red zone workouts to complete all six zones and see where I am at as far as the swim tests, swim golf and stroke count goes. Then I'll be sure to drop him a line and thank him and tell him how much the book has helped me out.
In the meantime I have no problem being one of the board "guinea pigs" and provide periodic updates on how the program is working for me!
:eek:
