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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One of the things I've tried to do in latter years relates to the warmdown: while I'm not as self-disciplined as Terry in constant mindful swimming, (I do try & am getting better at it) I have focused on the warmdown as crucial to my neuromuscular memory, esp. after very hard sets where puke, screams and various body parts go flying. At that point, despite trying hard, I know vital points of my technique have fallen apart largely 'cause I'm still in the 'fast' lane of my club surrounded by 25-35 year olds & this old guy(54) lets his ego duke it out with them. What I'm trying to say (in typically convoluted fashion) is this: I make sure that in the following warmdown I try to swim the most perfect technique possible of that stroke. That means getting control of my breath first, not just wollowing right into it. Our club often does these sets right at the end of the workout, but I feel that the few extra minutes staying in the water really pays off.
One of the things I've tried to do in latter years relates to the warmdown: while I'm not as self-disciplined as Terry in constant mindful swimming, (I do try & am getting better at it) I have focused on the warmdown as crucial to my neuromuscular memory, esp. after very hard sets where puke, screams and various body parts go flying. At that point, despite trying hard, I know vital points of my technique have fallen apart largely 'cause I'm still in the 'fast' lane of my club surrounded by 25-35 year olds & this old guy(54) lets his ego duke it out with them. What I'm trying to say (in typically convoluted fashion) is this: I make sure that in the following warmdown I try to swim the most perfect technique possible of that stroke. That means getting control of my breath first, not just wollowing right into it. Our club often does these sets right at the end of the workout, but I feel that the few extra minutes staying in the water really pays off.
