I noticed that when I time myself at a work-out going at a sprint pace I improve my time by a little bit after every such try done back to back with good rest in between, so I was wondering(since I never competed yet) if you try to warm up with a couple of sample race-pace swims right before the competition(i.e. a few minutes before it) so that then you know what time you want to beat and how much faster you want to go.Or would that be a bad idea since obviously you can excess with too much of race-pace swims and be a little tired for a competition swim?
My guess is that would help for 50 and 100 but not more than that?How do you do it?
P.S. I am still braving up for my first meet, so sorry if some of the questions are stupid or too obvious ...
on warming up
the trick is to warm up with out getting worn out
it's a bad idea to work too hard in a meet warm up
it's ok to do a few sprints but
be sure you conserve your energy for your race.
If your event is the 100
It's not a good idea to do hard 50's
race pace 25's will suffice
also practice a few turns at race speed
to get used to going and turning that fast
warm down plenty between sprints
if your event is the 500
you might want to do some pace
50's or 100's
most of what you do in meet warm ups should be
slow easy swimming with perfect technique
ande
Originally posted by hooked-on-swimming
I noticed that when I time myself at a work-out going at a sprint pace I improve my time by a little bit after every such try done back to back with good rest in between, so I was wondering(since I never competed yet) if you try to warm up with a couple of sample race-pace swims right before the competition (i.e. a few minutes before it) so that then you know what time you want to beat and how much faster you want to go. Or would that be a bad idea since obviously you can excess with too much of race-pace swims and be a little tired for a competition swim?
My guess is that would help for 50 and 100 but not more than that? How do you do it?
P.S. I am still braving up for my first meet, so sorry if some of the questions are stupid or too obvious ...
on warming up
the trick is to warm up with out getting worn out
it's a bad idea to work too hard in a meet warm up
it's ok to do a few sprints but
be sure you conserve your energy for your race.
If your event is the 100
It's not a good idea to do hard 50's
race pace 25's will suffice
also practice a few turns at race speed
to get used to going and turning that fast
warm down plenty between sprints
if your event is the 500
you might want to do some pace
50's or 100's
most of what you do in meet warm ups should be
slow easy swimming with perfect technique
ande
Originally posted by hooked-on-swimming
I noticed that when I time myself at a work-out going at a sprint pace I improve my time by a little bit after every such try done back to back with good rest in between, so I was wondering(since I never competed yet) if you try to warm up with a couple of sample race-pace swims right before the competition (i.e. a few minutes before it) so that then you know what time you want to beat and how much faster you want to go. Or would that be a bad idea since obviously you can excess with too much of race-pace swims and be a little tired for a competition swim?
My guess is that would help for 50 and 100 but not more than that? How do you do it?
P.S. I am still braving up for my first meet, so sorry if some of the questions are stupid or too obvious ...
