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.
I've been working on my SDK which is the only good thing about kick only workouts. I'm not sure how it will work in a meet,but I may swim the 3 Flys as well as the 3 breasts at our association meet(or maybe the 100 IM instead,I haven't decided.If Fort could come for the back part it would definitely be the IM.)50 Fly 0-1 breath down 1-3 breaths back, 100 Fly breath every other,200 is butterfrog.(Last 25 of the 100 is butterfrog if I go out too hard.:help: )
Allen- since we are back in the same age group, I'll just have to alert the stroke judges to watch for any excessive dolphin activity on your breastroke...of course, I'll have to actually get into shape and show up for a meet first, though
I gave the 200fly two valiant efforts in meets and I've retired it from the list of events I'll ever consider doing ... it's right by the 100 and 200 *** and 500 free .... BLECH!
I think the most important thing in fly is leading with the head into the water and leading with the elbows on the recovery ... at least for me ...
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
I think the most important thing in fly is leading with the head into the water and leading with the elbows on the recovery ... at least for me ...
Can you elaborate on what you mean by leading with the elbows on recovery?
Hey all,
I just wanted to say thanks for keeping up with the "A Day in the Life" series on our site. It started off as more of an experiment with Kalyn Keller's first entry, and it took off. I've had a lot of fun administering the series.
I've noticed some of you had trouble finding all of the entries. We created a separate channel for them at www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../DayInTheLife_news.asp
Also, based on a few suggestions after Dennis Baker's week, we are going to have some other Masters join the discussion that do not put up as intense of times as Dennis. I apologize if we started with someone that is not even close to the norm as a Masters swimmer.
I'd like to ask if anyone else on here would be willing to do a week at some point through the upcoming year. If you are willing, please e-mail me at jasonm@swimmingworldmagazine.com.
Hope to hear from you all soon!
Jason Marsteller
Managing Editor
Swimming World Magazine
Just giving everyone a heads up that the next Masters A Day in the Life will start this week.
As requested, we will have a more "typical" Masters swimmer participating.
Laura Smith, a 36-year-old Masters swimmer from Denville, N.J., who trains with Garden State Masters will be our writer.
I'm looking forward to seeing what she comes up with as she prepares for a meet on Feb. 25.
Thanks for reading,
Jason Marsteller
Swimming World Magazine
