I started swimming in August, since them I learned all the strokes and pretty much realised that I am most proficient in sprint freestyle events(considering my times for all the strokes).Well, I have a few questions:should I just consentrate on 50 and 100 m. free events then without paying much attention to other strokes, well, maybe just a little bit for a change...Or should I still keep working at all the strokes, maybe versatility in all of them will contribute to my freestyle improvement.Another question is: if I concentrate on freestyle sprint, how should my work-outs look like then?Should they consist of shorter distnace training only with occasional all-out sprint work-outs(25s and so) and a lot of interval training or should I still throw in distnace in my work-outs?I want to compete and compete in a good shape!I can do a 29 sec. 50 free(SCM) and a 1:03-1:05 100 m. free(SCM) depending on how I feel...Is that good considered I was never coached, did all on my own(videos, books, forums) and only introduced myself to swimming August, 2004?I am 24 years old, pretty tall (6'1")and lean(165lb.), so can I expect to go under 55 sec.(that is my goal) for 100m within a year or not?And what can I expect long-term(4-5 years), considering that I will probably get a coached program and will still be insanely passionate about the sport as I am now(I train 6 days a week, sometimes twice a day.How hard does it get once you go under a minute for 100 SCM?I improved dramatically since August(my time was 1:50 when I just started), , but now I feel that every second is a battlle...
I would appreciate everyone's input...
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Wow, that's impressive. I'm sure the weight training helped a great deal.
Though I misinterpreted your question a bit, my answer still stands. You're about to go under one minute, and once you do go under a minute nothing changes. There will be good days/weeks/months, and periods of plateau's (or even set-backs).
It's not a question of diminishing returns as it pertains to time, it's a question diminishing returns as it pertains to what you're doing for training. I'm splitting hairs, yes. But the point is: You can go from a 1:00 to a 58 just as easily as you go from a 1:20 to a 1:18. The difference between the two is that you are likely to need different methods of training to get to each.
This is why most people choose to get a coach. It's really hard to know that what you're doing is the most effective thing for you.
Wow, that's impressive. I'm sure the weight training helped a great deal.
Though I misinterpreted your question a bit, my answer still stands. You're about to go under one minute, and once you do go under a minute nothing changes. There will be good days/weeks/months, and periods of plateau's (or even set-backs).
It's not a question of diminishing returns as it pertains to time, it's a question diminishing returns as it pertains to what you're doing for training. I'm splitting hairs, yes. But the point is: You can go from a 1:00 to a 58 just as easily as you go from a 1:20 to a 1:18. The difference between the two is that you are likely to need different methods of training to get to each.
This is why most people choose to get a coach. It's really hard to know that what you're doing is the most effective thing for you.
