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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Quote by byNKFrench... :The "serious" Masters I've know will train 3000-4500 a day, 4-6 times a week"
Way to much too time with your face in the water. There are too many other important things at life at our age. Remember, the 50s and the 100s are the only thing that are important. If you have to swim a 200 do like I do.... take it out hard and fake it.
Also remember that most of the events are 200 and below, not above a 200. Weights are a good diversion to pool time and help speed work and taper. You'll go mind numb if you have to swim an hour and a half 5 days a week.
Terry...... dude...... you are limited to one paragraph responses from now on.... :)
John Smith
Peter,
If you and I ever make it to Austin Ande and I will treat you to a TexMex Chuy's burrito the size of your head and a frozen margarita that will knock your socks off.
Sprinters eat fast too !
It's all part of my 11 second theory on life. Its hard for sprinters to pay attention beyond that.
John Smith
John- I really need to get wipers for my monitor: I got some really gruesome imagery from your 'swimmers eat fast too'. Depending on certain employment developments, I hope to make it to either Woodlands or Austin (I have pleasant memories of both), so who knows?- Peter
Terry:
Help me understand- since Popov smoked, should I smoke too? Or when Alex was winning the 50 at the 2000 Olympics by a significant margin, should one dolphin into the wall/finish costing Popov the gold medal (would have been third Olympic gold in the 50 in a row) when Irvin and Hall tied for the gold? His coach got him to do the dolphin kick, the same coach that was arrest during a flight for drunkeness and caught with anabolic steroids in Australia. I suggest that some athletes like Popov are just that good, despite coaching. Genetics is the ultimate key, not anything else.
What is your point since to my knowledge other than authoring some books, you have never trained anyone of significance, such as a finalist? I enjoy all posts, but quite frankly, until a coach has produced multiple champions ( George Haines, Doc Councilman, Sherm Chavor, Ray Boussard, Eddie Reese, etc.), credibility will not exist until the repetition of producing varying champions is established.
WB
"He who truly knows has no occasion to shout." Leonardo da Vinci
Champion swimmers do not a coach make. Terry is helping mostly non swimmers and swimmers in general to be more compitent swimmers and I agree with most of his stuff. I have taught thousands to swim but found coaching competitive swimmers not to be financially worth it they consume too much water time.
A lot of the best, most knowing coaches, aren't the ones coaching finalist or multiple champions.
They are the ones laying the foundation for young(er) swimmers to develop into champions/finalist/record holders. They are the ones at age group practices. They are the ones instilling a love of the sport, proper form, how to be responsible.
Besides if Reese and Marsh didn't think Terry's ideas were valid, they wouldn't keep allowing him to design practices when he visits their programs.
