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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By "younger" I was referring to college age (ie younger than most of us). I know that this is a debated subject among coaches. How much is enough, assuming you want to achieve your full potential? It is also of interest to many Masters swimmers, particularly those of us not blessed with exceptional talent or willing to use performancing enhancing products (other than aleve).
While I agree that we should try to maintain "perfect" form in practice, a physiological system has to be overloaded if we want to see training adaptations with the resultant increases in speed and/or strength (which, by the way, can occur at any age). Think of weight lifting--at some point, you've got to add more weight.
By "younger" I was referring to college age (ie younger than most of us). I know that this is a debated subject among coaches. How much is enough, assuming you want to achieve your full potential? It is also of interest to many Masters swimmers, particularly those of us not blessed with exceptional talent or willing to use performancing enhancing products (other than aleve).
While I agree that we should try to maintain "perfect" form in practice, a physiological system has to be overloaded if we want to see training adaptations with the resultant increases in speed and/or strength (which, by the way, can occur at any age). Think of weight lifting--at some point, you've got to add more weight.
