I'm not too worried about the turning aspects...just a little unsure of what to do at the backstroke to *** turn.
Also any good workouts for this?
I'm doing 900 free for warm up (0-1650 in 6 weeks) then trey to do another 1500 per workout.
I've obviously been hitting *** but want to get some fly and back work in as well as turns--obviously I can always go to the wall and touch then turn but that's inefficient.
Is doing a 100 IM then hitting sets of 50 of fly and back or what? I've ordered a couple of books for reference and they should get here shortly.
Any thoughts or articles?
One tip that works well for me is to do the fly lap with only 1 or even no breaths. You have plenty of time to breathe during backstroke, the dive already shortens the fly length, and if it's not your best stroke, it's probably the breathing that is making it hard! Also, keep in mind that having a great breaststroke is really helpful in IMs of all distances since if you are ahead after breaststroke, you get to start swimming freestyle and building your lead while everyone else is still doing ***. So work it all, but dig really deep for your strong stroke, and you'll have a great race!
As for training, everyone has given you great sets. Do all the strokes in every practice. Do IM sets. And enjoy the variety! Good luck!
One tip that works well for me is to do the fly lap with only 1 or even no breaths. You have plenty of time to breathe during backstroke, the dive already shortens the fly length, and if it's not your best stroke, it's probably the breathing that is making it hard! Also, keep in mind that having a great breaststroke is really helpful in IMs of all distances since if you are ahead after breaststroke, you get to start swimming freestyle and building your lead while everyone else is still doing ***. So work it all, but dig really deep for your strong stroke, and you'll have a great race!
As for training, everyone has given you great sets. Do all the strokes in every practice. Do IM sets. And enjoy the variety! Good luck!
