Hey all. Sorry to be so questiony lately, but you're the best swimming advice resource I know. Anyway . . .
As I mentioned in my getting out early thread, I recently joined a new team. However, my great joy in being able to swim four days a week meant I went from between 3,000 and 5,000 yards per week to something like 12,000 to 14,000 with no increments. As a result, I would up swimming badly and finally getting out one day.
My new team is on hiatus till Spetember now, so I'll be back at 3000-5000 till then, with one full week off. Given the workout possibilities below, what kind of progression would you suggest if I want to eventually do 12,000-14,000 yds., Mon to Thurs? (I'll ask my coach in Sept., but I like lots of opinions.)
Mon: 1500-2500 yds.
Tues: 1500-2500 yds.
Weds: 3000-3500 m.
Thurs: 5000-5500 yds.
Sat: 3000-3500 m.
Sun: 4000-5000 m.
I don't want to swim Saturday and Sunday mornings forever, but I'm willing to do so for a month or two if it will make getting to my goal schedule easier.
Thanks again for all your expertise.
The statement above isn't clear to me.
I don't know why I'm having so much trouble being clear today. Let me try again.
I swim with two groups. One is Mon & Tues workouts, the other is all the others listed. Since January, I have been doing only the Mon & Tues workouts, which comes to 3000-5000 (1500 to 2500 each day, depending on whether we are working on technique or just swimming).
At the beginning of July, I started with the other team and added the Weds and Thurs ones. By the end of July, I was too tired because I added them too fast. I want to eventually get back to the M, T, W, Th schedule. I am wondering if there is some way to do different combinations of the workouts listed to work myself back to that point (begin T, Th; then add Sat; then add Mon; then drop Sat and add Wed, or something).
If at all possible, I'd like to avoid getting out partway through any workout, because it embarrasses me and because once I am in, I never want to get out-- the water makes me happy. I also don't want to swim by myself, because New York pools are really cowded and it is just too exasperating. Does that make sense?
The statement above isn't clear to me.
I don't know why I'm having so much trouble being clear today. Let me try again.
I swim with two groups. One is Mon & Tues workouts, the other is all the others listed. Since January, I have been doing only the Mon & Tues workouts, which comes to 3000-5000 (1500 to 2500 each day, depending on whether we are working on technique or just swimming).
At the beginning of July, I started with the other team and added the Weds and Thurs ones. By the end of July, I was too tired because I added them too fast. I want to eventually get back to the M, T, W, Th schedule. I am wondering if there is some way to do different combinations of the workouts listed to work myself back to that point (begin T, Th; then add Sat; then add Mon; then drop Sat and add Wed, or something).
If at all possible, I'd like to avoid getting out partway through any workout, because it embarrasses me and because once I am in, I never want to get out-- the water makes me happy. I also don't want to swim by myself, because New York pools are really cowded and it is just too exasperating. Does that make sense?
