I have been participating in Local, State and Nationals meets since 10 years ago but every time I get into a meet I am always worried about warming up too much time or just not enough and I also ask to myself how much effort to put on it.
As almost all the times during meets the pool is full for the warm ups, I do not feel that my different trainers I have had during this years had put too much attention to this issue, so I would like to ask people in this forum for your recomendations.
Alex
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I've noticed that our coach often gives a little workout equivalent to about 1/3 to 1/4 of your usual workout as a warmup. With modifications depending if you're getting ready to do a mile or a fast IM or sprints...
If your usual workout is around 3000, the warmup you may want to do is 700-1000. Lot of drilling and stretching, some short sprints just to get your heart and lungs going a bit, gives them a 'streatch' too, but you don;t want to go anaerobic for long, and diminish your capacity in a race.
Also, it would depend on what kind of cardio shape you're in.
In my example, doing 1500 for a warmup before a 200 would take too much out of me. I do my best times in the 200 after about 200 worth of sprints, and a good massage about 10 min before the race.
I'm pretty religious about warmdowns!
I've noticed that our coach often gives a little workout equivalent to about 1/3 to 1/4 of your usual workout as a warmup. With modifications depending if you're getting ready to do a mile or a fast IM or sprints...
If your usual workout is around 3000, the warmup you may want to do is 700-1000. Lot of drilling and stretching, some short sprints just to get your heart and lungs going a bit, gives them a 'streatch' too, but you don;t want to go anaerobic for long, and diminish your capacity in a race.
Also, it would depend on what kind of cardio shape you're in.
In my example, doing 1500 for a warmup before a 200 would take too much out of me. I do my best times in the 200 after about 200 worth of sprints, and a good massage about 10 min before the race.
I'm pretty religious about warmdowns!
