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 think this question relates to the "second wind" thread.
I used to think that warmups sapped some of my strength for the meet. I used to do a couple hundred yards max, just to get wet, get a feel for the pool, etc. Then I would do a bunch of turns to get aquainted with the nuances of that particular pool's walls, and then do a bunch of starts.
But as I've gotten older I've come to appreciate the value of warmups. And even more so now that I do some distance events (500 and 1500/1650, for instance.) I recognize it in workouts. If I do a workout of long reps (such as 8x500 or 12x300) and if I start doing that cold, I notice that my very first one is always the toughest and the slowest. After the first, I do the next few at a consistent pace that's faster than the first. And then half way through the set, I seem to get that "second wind" and can do the next few at even a faster pace. (And then I finally hit a performance wall and the last one or two start to slow down.)
So I'm wondering if I shouldn't try doing 1500 yards before my next 500 event!
I think this question relates to the "second wind" thread.
I used to think that warmups sapped some of my strength for the meet. I used to do a couple hundred yards max, just to get wet, get a feel for the pool, etc. Then I would do a bunch of turns to get aquainted with the nuances of that particular pool's walls, and then do a bunch of starts.
But as I've gotten older I've come to appreciate the value of warmups. And even more so now that I do some distance events (500 and 1500/1650, for instance.) I recognize it in workouts. If I do a workout of long reps (such as 8x500 or 12x300) and if I start doing that cold, I notice that my very first one is always the toughest and the slowest. After the first, I do the next few at a consistent pace that's faster than the first. And then half way through the set, I seem to get that "second wind" and can do the next few at even a faster pace. (And then I finally hit a performance wall and the last one or two start to slow down.)
So I'm wondering if I shouldn't try doing 1500 yards before my next 500 event!
