I tried doing a search in the forums on this and couldn't find anything. I am curious to know how many yards people in Masters are swimming a practice. I swim on average 3000-4000 yards a practice, 3 times a week.
Originally posted by gull80
I'm surprised no one has brought up the issue of how much yardage is sufficient. I suppose it depends on your goals. I have found that I seem to require a lot of warmup, including a "pre set" before the main set. In the past year my times remained unchanged, which my daughter tells me is an indication of improvement since I am a year older (but didn't get slower). So does that mean I need more yardage to lower my times, or should I just swim the same sets at a faster pace or with a faster interval? How do you know if you have reached some sort of limit in terms of improvement?
Great question!
Originally posted by gull80
I'm surprised no one has brought up the issue of how much yardage is sufficient. I suppose it depends on your goals. I have found that I seem to require a lot of warmup, including a "pre set" before the main set. In the past year my times remained unchanged, which my daughter tells me is an indication of improvement since I am a year older (but didn't get slower). So does that mean I need more yardage to lower my times, or should I just swim the same sets at a faster pace or with a faster interval? How do you know if you have reached some sort of limit in terms of improvement?
Great question!
