The following question was put forth and I thought I'd pass it along for your collective comments and remarks.
" I am mediocre female Masters swimmer in my mid 50’s. I had no experience in coached or competitive swimming before I was 40.
There are many things I can work on in my attempt to improve my swimming—technique (including clinics and videotaping), strength, flexibility, cross training, and aerobics. There is not enough time to work on them all. Is there some way to find out where my time would be best spent? Or is there some general pattern of weaknesses for swimmers such as myself?"
The swimmer has been training for approximately 10 years and does regularly compete. Due to time constraints, she wants to get the largest return on her investment so we come to you all.
Jim
Parents
Former Member
What does her current workout schedule/regimen look like today? Does she swim a variety of workouts, training for different distances, strokes, and muscles? I see people at the pool who swim forever but never seem to vary their stroke, speed or distance, let alone work on technique.
If she is spending the vast majority of her time swimming laps but not working on sprinting or technique (as examples), she might find improvement in the variation and focus of her workouts. For instance, setting certain days for LD, sprinting, stroke and freestyle and dedicating a portion of each session to technique could provide opportunities for improvement.
This is interesting since I think I will benefit from the responses. I look forward to others' thoughts.
What does her current workout schedule/regimen look like today? Does she swim a variety of workouts, training for different distances, strokes, and muscles? I see people at the pool who swim forever but never seem to vary their stroke, speed or distance, let alone work on technique.
If she is spending the vast majority of her time swimming laps but not working on sprinting or technique (as examples), she might find improvement in the variation and focus of her workouts. For instance, setting certain days for LD, sprinting, stroke and freestyle and dedicating a portion of each session to technique could provide opportunities for improvement.
This is interesting since I think I will benefit from the responses. I look forward to others' thoughts.
