I am a relatively new swimmer and have a lot to learn. My question is, how much I should spend on drills and technique works vs. inteval. Currently I swim 3x/wk - 2 of which are on my own for an hour (mainly drills) and 1 is with a tri/swim club for 1.5hour or so which includes lots of interval. My fastest 100yd is 1:17. I can keep up with 10x100 at 1:45 and maybe able to do 1:40 (never tried). I have a two short term goals; one - I would like to break 1:15/100yd. Two - become a better open water swimmer (~2miles).
Thanks for your advice. Swimming has been very enjoyable and helpful as a recovery tool from running!
Another approach you could take is to do a drill set after your warm up that lets you focus on a specific technique point you want to work on. Then go into an interval-based set where you focus on holding that technique point in your full stroke. For example:
Warm-up
4 x 50 Single-arm freestyle, working on rotation
6 x 50 Freestyle on 1:00, trying to incorporate better rotation into your stroke while still making the interval
100 drill to get your focus back
4 x 100 Free on 1:45, concentrating on your stroke
etc.
Just an idea!
Another approach you could take is to do a drill set after your warm up that lets you focus on a specific technique point you want to work on. Then go into an interval-based set where you focus on holding that technique point in your full stroke. For example:
Warm-up
4 x 50 Single-arm freestyle, working on rotation
6 x 50 Freestyle on 1:00, trying to incorporate better rotation into your stroke while still making the interval
100 drill to get your focus back
4 x 100 Free on 1:45, concentrating on your stroke
etc.
Just an idea!
