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IM thoughts??

FlyQueen
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?
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    I had an excellent book on I.M. Training written by Gorge Bole in 1991. George was a Swim Coach A.S.C.A. Advanced Masters Qualified Coach in Britain. The book is called Mastering Masters Swimming and has an excellent section on Training and Coaching the I.M. Here is one of the I.M. workouts. Enjoy. Swim 1 x 500y using all strokes - EZ Swim 5 x 100y on 1:25 HOLD 1:16 Kick 16 x 50ym on 1:00. 4 each stroke I.M. order Pull 5 x (100y Stroke + 100y F/S) on 3:30 Swim 8 x (25y Fly + 50y BK) on 1:20 Swim 5 x (25y BR + 75y F/S) on 1:40 Sprint 4 x 25y Stroke on :30 Swim 1 x 200y EZ F/S (swim down) Total 4200y In Australia, we have a program called the National Aerobics Trophy Program. It starts at 400m events (all strokes) and finishes as 1500m. Last year I completed all distances in both the 400, 800 and 1500m Butterfly. Parametric Training (intervals) was the way to train. Check out www.supersportsystems.com/index.asp NOW, I'm back to scratch again, have moved home, lacking motivation and have greatly appreciated this Forum and the contacts who are giving me back my love of swimming. I love reading ALL of the posts. Good luck to you all. Cheers, Dawn Happy Laps Dawn:)
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  • Former Member
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    I had an excellent book on I.M. Training written by Gorge Bole in 1991. George was a Swim Coach A.S.C.A. Advanced Masters Qualified Coach in Britain. The book is called Mastering Masters Swimming and has an excellent section on Training and Coaching the I.M. Here is one of the I.M. workouts. Enjoy. Swim 1 x 500y using all strokes - EZ Swim 5 x 100y on 1:25 HOLD 1:16 Kick 16 x 50ym on 1:00. 4 each stroke I.M. order Pull 5 x (100y Stroke + 100y F/S) on 3:30 Swim 8 x (25y Fly + 50y BK) on 1:20 Swim 5 x (25y BR + 75y F/S) on 1:40 Sprint 4 x 25y Stroke on :30 Swim 1 x 200y EZ F/S (swim down) Total 4200y In Australia, we have a program called the National Aerobics Trophy Program. It starts at 400m events (all strokes) and finishes as 1500m. Last year I completed all distances in both the 400, 800 and 1500m Butterfly. Parametric Training (intervals) was the way to train. Check out www.supersportsystems.com/index.asp NOW, I'm back to scratch again, have moved home, lacking motivation and have greatly appreciated this Forum and the contacts who are giving me back my love of swimming. I love reading ALL of the posts. Good luck to you all. Cheers, Dawn Happy Laps Dawn:)
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