Is my volume enough?

.... 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.... I’m pleased to hear I’m not the only one who does this. I don’t feel like such a loony now. Recently I’ve noticed I’m developing a bad habit of holding my head up too much in free. I've deduced that this is because I’m now doing mostly shorter, sprint-like distances of it while I’ve been concentrating on other strokes (mostly fly). So I’ve been tagging on a few 50’s of free at the end of my workout and mostly concentrating on this one thing. I’ve found the slowing down and the added concentration to be exceptionally beneficial, and peaceful. I just posted this link recently, but I’ll put it up again. I find this to be a very interesting read, especially all the way to the end, which includes the bit on "Slowly does it". Swim Like a Fish - a useful principle for swimmers? By Felix K. Gmünder www.svl.ch/svl_swim_like_a_fish.html In verifying this link I noticed that Terry gets some (controversial?) ink/bytes here. In reading the “two letters” link I’m reminded of how baffled I get when I see people frothing at the mouth over such nit picky details. I suppose anytime one feels their profession is attacked or threatened they are going to get a bit defensive, but much of the talk of super refined technique for Olympic class swimming tends to just flow by me with little interest on my part. I mean, the number of folks who are likely to understand and benefit from these details must be quite small indeed compared to the number of people who actually bounce off the walls between the lane lines on a daily basis. For a lot of folks, just getting out there and doing it is a major accomplishment. Forget doing it perfectly at all, let alone all the time. As for swimming like a fish I’ve had a number of folks comment that I do so, which pleases me to no end and makes me thoroughly bust my buttons. It is nice to get that kind of warm and fuzzy feed back, especially when it is unsolicited. Truth be told though, the fish I most probably represent however is a Flounder. :-D

.... 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.... I’m pleased to hear I’m not the only one who does this. I don’t feel like such a loony now. Recently I’ve noticed I’m developing a bad habit of holding my head up too much in free. I've deduced that this is because I’m now doing mostly shorter, sprint-like distances of it while I’ve been concentrating on other strokes (mostly fly). So I’ve been tagging on a few 50’s of free at the end of my workout and mostly concentrating on this one thing. I’ve found the slowing down and the added concentration to be exceptionally beneficial, and peaceful. I just posted this link recently, but I’ll put it up again. I find this to be a very interesting read, especially all the way to the end, which includes the bit on "Slowly does it". Swim Like a Fish - a useful principle for swimmers? By Felix K. Gmünder www.svl.ch/svl_swim_like_a_fish.html In verifying this link I noticed that Terry gets some (controversial?) ink/bytes here. In reading the “two letters” link I’m reminded of how baffled I get when I see people frothing at the mouth over such nit picky details. I suppose anytime one feels their profession is attacked or threatened they are going to get a bit defensive, but much of the talk of super refined technique for Olympic class swimming tends to just flow by me with little interest on my part. I mean, the number of folks who are likely to understand and benefit from these details must be quite small indeed compared to the number of people who actually bounce off the walls between the lane lines on a daily basis. For a lot of folks, just getting out there and doing it is a major accomplishment. Forget doing it perfectly at all, let alone all the time. As for swimming like a fish I’ve had a number of folks comment that I do so, which pleases me to no end and makes me thoroughly bust my buttons. It is nice to get that kind of warm and fuzzy feed back, especially when it is unsolicited. Truth be told though, the fish I most probably represent however is a Flounder. :-D