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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Okay I just finished the purple zone. I did a T-15 swim on Sunday and did my first yellow zone workout last night.
When I really work on taking as few strokes as possible, I can get down to 12 or 13 strokes per length. That is tough and I can only typically do one length (25 yards) and need to take a short break before doing another length. When doing regular swimming like T-15 swims, I typically take 16 strokes per length. So my dps has improved a bit.
I was able to work my T-15 cruise pace down to 1:43. My IHR also seemed to drop quite a bit from my previous T-15 swims, so hopefully my endurance is starting to also show some improvement.
Okay I just finished the purple zone. I did a T-15 swim on Sunday and did my first yellow zone workout last night.
When I really work on taking as few strokes as possible, I can get down to 12 or 13 strokes per length. That is tough and I can only typically do one length (25 yards) and need to take a short break before doing another length. When doing regular swimming like T-15 swims, I typically take 16 strokes per length. So my dps has improved a bit.
I was able to work my T-15 cruise pace down to 1:43. My IHR also seemed to drop quite a bit from my previous T-15 swims, so hopefully my endurance is starting to also show some improvement.
