After reading alot of threads, it seems my volume and frequency is way lower than everyone elses. My freestyle workouts are typically no more than 1500 to 1700 yards. If it is a repeat workout, then it is less (i.e. 10x100, 5x200, 2x500....etc) I swim three times a week.
My fly, *** and back workouts are no more than 1000 yds (still learning those strokes).
I am biased towards the sprints like 100 free and maybe someday if I'm lucky the 200 IM. Is this volume OK for a 42 year old, or should I be trying to build in more yardage?
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Depends on your goals. 3 miles a week for a 40-something sounds like a good workout for basic wellness. Is 1000-1500 your total workout yardage 3 times a week, or just your freestyle set in a longer workout ?
When you are learning strokes and doing a large amount of drills / instruction, don't worry so much about the yardage. Learning the basic skills would take precedence over meet performance initially.
The "serious" Masters I've know will train 3000-4500 a day, 4-6 times a week with great variety in the sets they do. That's 90 minutes or so a pop, which is a reasonable upper bound for amateur adults with other responsibilities.
Don't increase either intensity or duration/distance more than 10% a week. It can overstress and injure you.
Depends on your goals. 3 miles a week for a 40-something sounds like a good workout for basic wellness. Is 1000-1500 your total workout yardage 3 times a week, or just your freestyle set in a longer workout ?
When you are learning strokes and doing a large amount of drills / instruction, don't worry so much about the yardage. Learning the basic skills would take precedence over meet performance initially.
The "serious" Masters I've know will train 3000-4500 a day, 4-6 times a week with great variety in the sets they do. That's 90 minutes or so a pop, which is a reasonable upper bound for amateur adults with other responsibilities.
Don't increase either intensity or duration/distance more than 10% a week. It can overstress and injure you.
