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.
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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.
Now that is something I was not expecting at the end of your post!
Let us know what benefits you garner from your reading.
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blainesapprentice
Was it the first book or the revised edition?
My suggestion is to add a little Max V02
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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?
i type really slow, so 10 others will probably address this before my paragraph is ready.
everyone needs to finish their stroke, the difference here is how, and where you think about it.
terry and george will both correct me if i am off track here but this is how i see it:
george: stroke finishes at the hip or waiste or ribs.
this suggests "pushing oneself forward"
terry: stroke finishes at that place just before the catch.
this suggests "darting oneself forward"
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Larry, I'm glad you liked it.
George, thanks for the links. Hackett's right hand entry is as faulty as mine:banana: :banana: :banana:
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Larry, I'm glad you liked it.
George, thanks for the links. Hackett's right hand entry is as faulty as mine:banana: :banana: :banana:
Give me any faults that Hackett has I would be proud to make any errors in my stroke that he has.
start doing fast 100's, 150's and 200's in practice
work on splitting
though for the 100 speed is most important
you've got to be able to get out fast
also focus on your 2nd 50
train to finish it fast
figure out how you need to swim it to have a 1.0 - 1.5 second difference between your first and 2nd 50
how did you split your 100 when you went 50.0?
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.
I too would like to know the difference between "I" pulls and "S" pulls. Don't want to be "old school."
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Before someone mentioned the "s" pull vs an "i" pull...so I have been thinking about this while swimming, and while I realize the s pull is old fashioned...what does the "I" pull consist of? I am assuming that by i pull we are talking about just a straight line pull? If I am correct in assuming that I will have some further questions for you all:-p...
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start doing fast 100's, 150's and 200's in practice
work on splitting
though for the 100 speed is most important
you've got to be able to get out fast
also focus on your 2nd 50
train to finish it fast
figure out how you need to swim it to have a 1.0 - 1.5 second difference between your first and 2nd 50
how did you split your 100 when you went 50.0?
ande
24.03 25.97
went out to slow because I was pacing with the guy next to me then I just went as fast as I could on the last 25
I want to be able to go 23 24.99
