I am hoping to drop some time this summer by joining a summer swim program, which by the way...if anyone knows of good programs I'm still looking :) , but hopefully in Texas. Overall I need my times to go down about 30 to 40 seconds but I realize that is not going to happen in one summer. How much is a realistic goal to drop in one summer? I was hoping that maybe 10 to 20 seconds would be nice, or is that too much? Thanx a bunch!!!
~Kyra
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What I'm saying is I don't think you can say "if you follow workout plan x for y amount of time you should drop this % in your time." Everyone is different. some people improve meteorically, others don't. So, I'm not objecting to using a percentage improvement as a goal, I'm just saying I don't think you can easily say someone--a certain individual you know nothing about--should be able to improve by a certain percentage per month. originally posted by Knelson
Sorry if I implied that you originated the "x% improvement curve" here.......There's nothing wrong with that though since most of us do follow some kind of similar patterns with respect to that (all though it does vary from person to person ...and people work out with different levels of intensity etc....).....I personally am looking for approximately a 3.247% improvement in my 100 butterfly over last season ....although this is just a rough estimate.
Newmastersswimmer
p.s. I know....what's with all the lame jokes attached to my e-mails?..(try to overlook this small problem if you can?).....It's hard to keep that little nerdie guy that lives inside of me under control sometimes....I didn't ask for him to possess me ...He just showed up one day and I've never been able to get rid of him every since.
What I'm saying is I don't think you can say "if you follow workout plan x for y amount of time you should drop this % in your time." Everyone is different. some people improve meteorically, others don't. So, I'm not objecting to using a percentage improvement as a goal, I'm just saying I don't think you can easily say someone--a certain individual you know nothing about--should be able to improve by a certain percentage per month. originally posted by Knelson
Sorry if I implied that you originated the "x% improvement curve" here.......There's nothing wrong with that though since most of us do follow some kind of similar patterns with respect to that (all though it does vary from person to person ...and people work out with different levels of intensity etc....).....I personally am looking for approximately a 3.247% improvement in my 100 butterfly over last season ....although this is just a rough estimate.
Newmastersswimmer
p.s. I know....what's with all the lame jokes attached to my e-mails?..(try to overlook this small problem if you can?).....It's hard to keep that little nerdie guy that lives inside of me under control sometimes....I didn't ask for him to possess me ...He just showed up one day and I've never been able to get rid of him every since.
