has anyone gotten under 60 sec (100yd) as a new swimmer?

Congrats on breaking a minute! I've got a similar goal of breaking 1 minute in the 100yd free and I'm curious as to what your routine is right now? what has your training been like? What are some sets you've done that made you feel that you were ready? Do you have a coach training you? Are you in the weight room a lot and if so what's your routine? Did you work a lot on starts/turns? Training is going well. I train 5 days a week, usually ~2000 yds a workout. warm up is only 400 yds and main set is usually 1000-1200 and then a smaller set. No coach, but a few experienced swimmers to swim with. One is extremely fast so I am always pushed. He is an IM guy so I have been also doing alot of IM sets and a fair amount of distance. The 100 is all about speed endurace and processing lactic acid. Not easy to train for. Typical sets: 15x100 free on 1:50 10x100 (back *** free) on 2:00 4x200, 6x100 freestyle laders IM ladders Lately we have been bringing the distance down and the speed up. Once a week we do speed (Like Ande suggests in "help my speed is horrible" post). This has really helped and after just a few weeks have seen some serious speed improvement). I do not kick alot. Have not lifted in a few years. I do not work starts often and my turns are inconsistent, but at times can be very good. This last 100, they were very good. I think I took 3 breathes down, and 3 breathes back on my first 50. Please tell me if that was enough, as I really do not know. my second 50 hurt, but I could have pushed faster on the 3rd 25 than I did; I was saving for the last 25 which hurt worse but I laid everything I had out for it. A factor I forgot to mention, was this was my 5th and last race, and I was starting to tire overall...I imagine that would impact a 100? I think I will keep working on conditioning, but also try taking my next one out faster, and see how it goes - hopefully, I can be more rested for it as well. Does this seem like a fair plan? Should I be doing pace work, on intervals with 100's, or maybe 150's -200's? Working on my 200 is another current goal, so training for it should help my 100? Olympic swimmers breathe almost every stroke in the 100. I am no expert, this last race I breathed every fourth the first 25, every stroke the middle 65 and held it going in (or something close to that). Fifth race? That will screw it up. You can't make the fifth race your focus event. I only did the 200IM before my 100 with plenty of rest.

Congrats on breaking a minute! I've got a similar goal of breaking 1 minute in the 100yd free and I'm curious as to what your routine is right now? what has your training been like? What are some sets you've done that made you feel that you were ready? Do you have a coach training you? Are you in the weight room a lot and if so what's your routine? Did you work a lot on starts/turns? Training is going well. I train 5 days a week, usually ~2000 yds a workout. warm up is only 400 yds and main set is usually 1000-1200 and then a smaller set. No coach, but a few experienced swimmers to swim with. One is extremely fast so I am always pushed. He is an IM guy so I have been also doing alot of IM sets and a fair amount of distance. The 100 is all about speed endurace and processing lactic acid. Not easy to train for. Typical sets: 15x100 free on 1:50 10x100 (back *** free) on 2:00 4x200, 6x100 freestyle laders IM ladders Lately we have been bringing the distance down and the speed up. Once a week we do speed (Like Ande suggests in "help my speed is horrible" post). This has really helped and after just a few weeks have seen some serious speed improvement). I do not kick alot. Have not lifted in a few years. I do not work starts often and my turns are inconsistent, but at times can be very good. This last 100, they were very good. I think I took 3 breathes down, and 3 breathes back on my first 50. Please tell me if that was enough, as I really do not know. my second 50 hurt, but I could have pushed faster on the 3rd 25 than I did; I was saving for the last 25 which hurt worse but I laid everything I had out for it. A factor I forgot to mention, was this was my 5th and last race, and I was starting to tire overall...I imagine that would impact a 100? I think I will keep working on conditioning, but also try taking my next one out faster, and see how it goes - hopefully, I can be more rested for it as well. Does this seem like a fair plan? Should I be doing pace work, on intervals with 100's, or maybe 150's -200's? Working on my 200 is another current goal, so training for it should help my 100? Olympic swimmers breathe almost every stroke in the 100. I am no expert, this last race I breathed every fourth the first 25, every stroke the middle 65 and held it going in (or something close to that). Fifth race? That will screw it up. You can't make the fifth race your focus event. I only did the 200IM before my 100 with plenty of rest.