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!
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I agree with Jim with doing a lot of drills when you are starting out!
Right now - we do not do much drilling... we will do a little bit of it in the warmup (if we want to) - and then usually do 6 x 50's drill down, swim back -OR- 6 x 75 kick/drill/swim by 25... and that is it. If my shoulder feels bad - I switch to drill so I still get a relatively good workout!
Have fun!
I agree with Jim with doing a lot of drills when you are starting out!
Right now - we do not do much drilling... we will do a little bit of it in the warmup (if we want to) - and then usually do 6 x 50's drill down, swim back -OR- 6 x 75 kick/drill/swim by 25... and that is it. If my shoulder feels bad - I switch to drill so I still get a relatively good workout!
Have fun!
