I don't know if any of you have been following the new feature at the Swimming World website called "A day in the life" which has been following the daily routine (written by the subject) of various swimmers. It has been fascinating reading anyway, but now they feature a masters swimmer: Dennis Baker. We have expressed awe and admiration for his feats, now learn what he does to achieve his high level plus his life on a veritable coaching merry-go-round. And do note that most of his workouts are in meters. Day 2 has just been posted.
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The one essential lesson I have learned regarding the 200fly is to breath every other stroke, from the very beginning...even when I feel strong and full of air at the beginning I have to force my self to breath every other stroke...it makes for a much more successful swim, and much less death on the second half. Also, a HUGE thing for me is to not breath off the wall. As soon as I do that, my race is over, and my stroke goes to garbage. If I can remember to do all that, and keep my stroke long and relaxed until the end, the 200fly isn't all that bad:-d
The one essential lesson I have learned regarding the 200fly is to breath every other stroke, from the very beginning...even when I feel strong and full of air at the beginning I have to force my self to breath every other stroke...it makes for a much more successful swim, and much less death on the second half. Also, a HUGE thing for me is to not breath off the wall. As soon as I do that, my race is over, and my stroke goes to garbage. If I can remember to do all that, and keep my stroke long and relaxed until the end, the 200fly isn't all that bad:-d
