Once upon a time--say the better part of three decades ago--I could sprint fairly fast. I went 22.8 and 50 flat in the 50 and 100. I have resumed swimming and begun to compete, and I have noticed that I seem to have a governor blade of some sort on my speed. Just swam my first meet and went 28 and 1:02. I know I will improve, but I sense that I may not be able to improve dramatically. Has anyone seen big jumps of improvements for short races? If so, how?
The good news is that I felt really strong coming home in the 100, and it made me think that maybe I should try the 200 and even the 500. In the former case, how do people approach splitting a 200, and what sort of training do you do? Thinking about this in the context of a zone meet in 3 to 4 weeks.
Look forward to your thoughts.
Quicksilver.....I hate to disagree if he wants to get faster in the 50/100 a set like that would be fine.....on recovery days.
For speed/power I would suggest it be modified and swum 2x a week as follows:
1 x 200 @ 3:00 hypoxic
2 x 100's build @ 2:00 focus on fast turns w/sdk
4 x 50's @ 2:00 race pace
When coming back into the sport after a 12 year absence I found that because i had stayed in good shape my endurance was fine....but it took a couple of years to get speed back....speed is a function of power and technique and you have to train that to race it.
Good luck....
Quicksilver.....I hate to disagree if he wants to get faster in the 50/100 a set like that would be fine.....on recovery days.
For speed/power I would suggest it be modified and swum 2x a week as follows:
1 x 200 @ 3:00 hypoxic
2 x 100's build @ 2:00 focus on fast turns w/sdk
4 x 50's @ 2:00 race pace
When coming back into the sport after a 12 year absence I found that because i had stayed in good shape my endurance was fine....but it took a couple of years to get speed back....speed is a function of power and technique and you have to train that to race it.
Good luck....
