One day this week during a repeat set, my best time for one of the 100's was 1:08 with fins (short course yards). I am in the 40-44 age group female. I have been swimming for about 6 months (before that was high school many years ago). Is anyone else out there this slow or am I the only one of you that isn't a former high school elite swimmer. So many of you have fast times-I'm impressed!
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Take as much rest as necessary to swim the rep faster. Then over weeks - reduce the time.
But, I suggest you do some reading and/or video watching on swimming technique. Don't know what your library system is like, but here in Seattle it's pretty easy to get almost anything that exists.
I'm 38 and have been swimming regularly for 6 months. I started a workout plan 4 months ago. I hadn't swum (or done any exercise) for 20 years prior to that. I too was on swim team in high school.
As part of my workout I've been doing a set of 6x100's free on the 2:00 at a 1:15 pace - yards. . I think this is extremely good for someone in my situation.
I don't think you're far behind me and we're nearly in the same boat. Keep it up, and do some reading / viewing of proper stroke technique.
Oh, and by the way: Make up your own workouts. The pre-prepared workouts make allot of assumptions about your ability. Design a workout that you think you can do with a bit of effort. Over the course of a few days - fix it so it suits your ability better. Then, over weeks manipulate the times to work on the areas where you are weak. After 20 years of 'nothing' - endurance and technique is going to be a problem. So, that's pretty much all I work on, with a few sprints (2 in my case) toward the end of the workout. I'm up to 3000 yards, and am going to keep it here for a while as I tighten up some of my reps over the next few weeks.
Take as much rest as necessary to swim the rep faster. Then over weeks - reduce the time.
But, I suggest you do some reading and/or video watching on swimming technique. Don't know what your library system is like, but here in Seattle it's pretty easy to get almost anything that exists.
I'm 38 and have been swimming regularly for 6 months. I started a workout plan 4 months ago. I hadn't swum (or done any exercise) for 20 years prior to that. I too was on swim team in high school.
As part of my workout I've been doing a set of 6x100's free on the 2:00 at a 1:15 pace - yards. . I think this is extremely good for someone in my situation.
I don't think you're far behind me and we're nearly in the same boat. Keep it up, and do some reading / viewing of proper stroke technique.
Oh, and by the way: Make up your own workouts. The pre-prepared workouts make allot of assumptions about your ability. Design a workout that you think you can do with a bit of effort. Over the course of a few days - fix it so it suits your ability better. Then, over weeks manipulate the times to work on the areas where you are weak. After 20 years of 'nothing' - endurance and technique is going to be a problem. So, that's pretty much all I work on, with a few sprints (2 in my case) toward the end of the workout. I'm up to 3000 yards, and am going to keep it here for a while as I tighten up some of my reps over the next few weeks.
