I'm new at the butterfly stroke and struggle to do 6x33yds with a freestyle return(100 ft pool) in one workout. I do these with a full recovery (3 min). After that I'll have to switch to some other stroke because I'm pretty much shot.
What are typical workouts and distances that strong flyers do that I should try to build to? I'm thinking that 10x50's would be a great goal?
Bill:
That is a very interesting suggestion I never thought of that. I always assumed that any sort of pulling was hazardous for the shoulders...
Poolrat:
It could be that your sprints aren't improving cause you're not doing any speedwork in practice? If you just do long stuff in practice, it's tough to do fast sprints in meets. And its hard to be really good at both the sprints and distance stuff. Just a thought. There was a recent thread on improving your sprinting from a few weeks ago that you might want to look at. It was loaded with good advice from talented swimmers in the know. I've only been at this masters thing for about 16 months now, so I think you'll keep improving too.
Bill:
That is a very interesting suggestion I never thought of that. I always assumed that any sort of pulling was hazardous for the shoulders...
Poolrat:
It could be that your sprints aren't improving cause you're not doing any speedwork in practice? If you just do long stuff in practice, it's tough to do fast sprints in meets. And its hard to be really good at both the sprints and distance stuff. Just a thought. There was a recent thread on improving your sprinting from a few weeks ago that you might want to look at. It was loaded with good advice from talented swimmers in the know. I've only been at this masters thing for about 16 months now, so I think you'll keep improving too.
