when I swim at a middle distance race pace, like if im doing 5 x 100 on a quick interval my muscles get tired faster than my heart. I wont even be breathing hard but my arms are tired and causes my stroke techinque to go bad quick. Does anyone else have this problem.
2) Focus on sending your energy forward rather than back. Best way to do this is to finish your stroke to the front rather than the rear.
How do you send "your energy forward" and move forward? How can you finish your stroke in front? Please explain what this means.:dunno:
I see some very controversial stuff here. #1, #2, #3 of Terry's reply I disagree with. I believe the holding on is fine but hold on with great effort. You should not pierce the water infront and the finish is very important.
This "finish" stuff does seem somewhat controversial. Surely sprinters should "finish" their stroke? Maybe front quadrant swimming and early exit is more applicable to longer events? If we "finish" in front, however that is accomplished, do we risk gliding or catching too much and thereby stress the shoulders? Even "holding your place" would seem to do that.... And do we swim/finish the same way all the time and for all events?
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What is 'IMHO'?
In My Humble Opinion
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Hmm...I guess I should talk to my coaches again then...I don't feel as strong or as powerful of a propulsion forward when i don't pull to the hip.
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My dog is prettier than any other dog I have seen.
I changed to an I stroke before it was called an I stroke. I called it an Isometric stroke.
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My dog is prettier than any other dog I have seen.
Damn that dog is fugly! Sorry George . Didn't that pooch go to the big Kennel in the sky recently?
If he reincarnates he's gonna be one smooth looking Great Dane or the like!
:rofl:
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I see some very controversial stuff here. #1, #2, #3 of Terry's reply I disagree with. I believe the holding on is fine but hold on with great effort. You should not pierce the water infront and the finish is very important.
I actually have the same exact problem as Warren. In practice, I feel like I can hold 120 pace 100s for hours and hours, but if I go up to a 115, I can not make them, because even though I am making the 120 pace easily (hitting the wall around 110-112), I can not move any faster...my heartrate will be low, and my breathing will be fine, but I just can not make my arms and legs be any more productive.
and what did my coach do when I told him that? Threw me Total Immersion and told me to read it. So...thats where I am at. haha.
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warren
with your speed why would you want to do ANY middle distance training
you are a sprinter
if you're 21.8 in the 50 and 50.0 in the 100
you're likely to be a drop dead sprinter
stick with drills, speed work, splitting, racing, and strength training
you don't need to be doing much aerobic work
if you feel the need to do aerobic work
do gentle aerobic work
stay on easy paces
you don't need to be falling apart and swimming with bad form
ande
I'm just trying to get a little more endurance to bring my hundred time down. David Marsh says in his sprinting video say that when you step up on the block to do a 50 or 100 you should have the mentality that I could go a good 200 today.
