There was some confusion over the previous poll "What is your favorite stroke?", as the word "favorite" can be interpreted many different ways. For example, someone may think it's his/her favorite because it's most graceful and likes to watch this stroke the most, but he/she may not necessarily swim this stroke.
So this is the new poll.
Please only select the stroke you PERSONALLY train and spend most time swimming (and thinking about).
Originally posted by swiminton
So, thank you and good luck with your ego.
Whatever.
OK, so to clear the air here, here's my position on warmups. During traning distance swimmers and sprinters typically do somewhere around 2000 yards or meters of warmup. A variety of distances, strokes, and equipment is used. There may be some differences in how things are divided up between sprinters and distance swimmers, but not huge. At meets most swimmers warmup between 20 and 40 minutes. In this case sprinters will want to get in some speed work so they get the feel for swimming fast prior to their events. Distance swimmers will want to do some pace work so they get the feel for the speed they need to maintain in their events.
This is just what I've observed over many years. I'm sure there are variations on this, but I think this is fairly typical.
I'm in no way trying to brag about how many yards I swim. That would be pretty ridiculous because there are people out there swimming many, many times the distances I do. I'm only saying what is typical for competitive swimmers. Your original statement that 100 yards or so should be a sufficient warmup is what I objected to.
Originally posted by swiminton
So, thank you and good luck with your ego.
Whatever.
OK, so to clear the air here, here's my position on warmups. During traning distance swimmers and sprinters typically do somewhere around 2000 yards or meters of warmup. A variety of distances, strokes, and equipment is used. There may be some differences in how things are divided up between sprinters and distance swimmers, but not huge. At meets most swimmers warmup between 20 and 40 minutes. In this case sprinters will want to get in some speed work so they get the feel for swimming fast prior to their events. Distance swimmers will want to do some pace work so they get the feel for the speed they need to maintain in their events.
This is just what I've observed over many years. I'm sure there are variations on this, but I think this is fairly typical.
I'm in no way trying to brag about how many yards I swim. That would be pretty ridiculous because there are people out there swimming many, many times the distances I do. I'm only saying what is typical for competitive swimmers. Your original statement that 100 yards or so should be a sufficient warmup is what I objected to.
