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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Many would like to believe that success can be achieved without hard work or breaking a sweat. It's part of our culture. That's not to say that drills and technique are unimportant, but there is an almost subliminal message (which people are all to willing to believe) that training needn't be painful, and that yardage (volume) = garbage ("mindless" swimming). On a hard set, I'm swimming mindfully right up to the point that I feel like I'm going to puke.
Many would like to believe that success can be achieved without hard work or breaking a sweat. It's part of our culture. That's not to say that drills and technique are unimportant, but there is an almost subliminal message (which people are all to willing to believe) that training needn't be painful, and that yardage (volume) = garbage ("mindless" swimming). On a hard set, I'm swimming mindfully right up to the point that I feel like I'm going to puke.
