How to split a 200 free

I agree with Fred, you need both distance work and sprint work. Along with stroke technique work, race pace training and possibly weigh training. And time. Without knowing what it took for you to get to the 2:10 200, it is difficult to prescribe a simple solution. For instance, if you are currently training year-round, 5-6 days a week averaging 25,000 to 40,000 yards per week, then the answer is probably not adding more yards. Fred, my son is not yet addicted to the USMS discussion forum, so I’ll try to reply in his stead. In his 5 years of swimming, Noah has been blessed with tremendous coaches who have worked him hard and more importantly kept him enthused and motivated. He is also blessed with a “swimmers body”, long arms, big hands, flexible joints, and high buoyancy. He swims on a year-round program, along side some other great kids, and this year has added weight training to his training regime.

I agree with Fred, you need both distance work and sprint work. Along with stroke technique work, race pace training and possibly weigh training. And time. Without knowing what it took for you to get to the 2:10 200, it is difficult to prescribe a simple solution. For instance, if you are currently training year-round, 5-6 days a week averaging 25,000 to 40,000 yards per week, then the answer is probably not adding more yards. Fred, my son is not yet addicted to the USMS discussion forum, so I’ll try to reply in his stead. In his 5 years of swimming, Noah has been blessed with tremendous coaches who have worked him hard and more importantly kept him enthused and motivated. He is also blessed with a “swimmers body”, long arms, big hands, flexible joints, and high buoyancy. He swims on a year-round program, along side some other great kids, and this year has added weight training to his training regime.