I've been reading a great book about swim training. It devotes a chapter to each of the four strokes and one to IM. It was suggesting that IM should be tought of as an entirely different event. That IM swimmers shouldn't train actual IMs until 5 weeks before their meet. The should train the strokes, swimming 800-1000 meters/yards EVERY practice (either swim, drill, kick, pull, ect).
It has an entire plan laid out for what the focus of every practice is. Basically, that each practice should be devoted to a different stroke.
I've always assumed that IMmers should swim IM all the time.
THOUGHTS?
Heather:
May I ask what book you are referring to? I have a couple of swimming books about the IM. Derek Snelling had a book out many years ago called "All About the Individual Medley" which is excellent. Also George Bole had a book that devoted a lot of chapters to IM. And Don Talbot had book out a long time ago called "Swim to Win" and had a full chapter about the IM. In all of those books, I never really heard of that statement that you should not train or swim IMs in practice until 5 weeks before the meet. Could you elaborate a little about this book?
Heather:
May I ask what book you are referring to? I have a couple of swimming books about the IM. Derek Snelling had a book out many years ago called "All About the Individual Medley" which is excellent. Also George Bole had a book that devoted a lot of chapters to IM. And Don Talbot had book out a long time ago called "Swim to Win" and had a full chapter about the IM. In all of those books, I never really heard of that statement that you should not train or swim IMs in practice until 5 weeks before the meet. Could you elaborate a little about this book?
