so fort what kind of stuff have you been doing in the pool? yardage? i saw you went a 25 in the 50 free, that's smoking fast
Thanks Jesse.
Yardage? :confused: No, I'm not familiar with that concept. :rofl: I haven't done any real enginge building since last summer/fall because of my shoulders and time constraints. Plus, you don't need tons of yardage for sprinting.
I've just been doing what I listed above really. When I swim on my own, 3-4 times a week max, I warm up, do drills, a little pacework and then loads of 25s and underwater SDK-ing with and without my monofin and warm down. 2500. 3000 if I'm really ambitious, but not lately. When I swim with my team, at most 1-2 times a week during the school year, I do around 4000. So I usually only go 4000 1x per week with a more organized workout. I usually go on the day(s) when the team focuses on strokes and sprint work. 2 days of 4000 is a big week for me. I avoid distance free day if possible and I adapt distance free sets. (I'm not really a freestyler, just a good free sprinter. Or at least that's what I've always thought.)
When I'm being uber-disciplined and not consumed with work or kid stuff, I run 2x a week for 30-40 minutes and I lift moderate weights 2x per week. (But did not do that the last 2 weeks when I was doing my sickness taper.) I stretch too. I'm pretty flexible; I think that helps. Well, the loosey goosey shoulder tendons don't help.
Because I don't have the time or shoulders for engine building (although I'm hoping to do more next year after prolo), I'm a big believer in quality over quantity and intensity over yardage. Just for fast sprints, not for other stuff like the 200s or the 400 IM. I've just basically been following Ande and Paul Smith's sprinting advice and training mostly but not entirely on my own. I feel like I should wear a sign saying "I am an Ande's blog addict. Sprint. Do it often."
I have a teammate who used to be a sprinter and is now hooked on engine building and is in amazing condition. He said, however, that his sprints were a bit off at zones and his distance events were fabulous. I think it's hard to train for both.
Are you still focusing on the shorter distances?
so fort what kind of stuff have you been doing in the pool? yardage? i saw you went a 25 in the 50 free, that's smoking fast
Thanks Jesse.
Yardage? :confused: No, I'm not familiar with that concept. :rofl: I haven't done any real enginge building since last summer/fall because of my shoulders and time constraints. Plus, you don't need tons of yardage for sprinting.
I've just been doing what I listed above really. When I swim on my own, 3-4 times a week max, I warm up, do drills, a little pacework and then loads of 25s and underwater SDK-ing with and without my monofin and warm down. 2500. 3000 if I'm really ambitious, but not lately. When I swim with my team, at most 1-2 times a week during the school year, I do around 4000. So I usually only go 4000 1x per week with a more organized workout. I usually go on the day(s) when the team focuses on strokes and sprint work. 2 days of 4000 is a big week for me. I avoid distance free day if possible and I adapt distance free sets. (I'm not really a freestyler, just a good free sprinter. Or at least that's what I've always thought.)
When I'm being uber-disciplined and not consumed with work or kid stuff, I run 2x a week for 30-40 minutes and I lift moderate weights 2x per week. (But did not do that the last 2 weeks when I was doing my sickness taper.) I stretch too. I'm pretty flexible; I think that helps. Well, the loosey goosey shoulder tendons don't help.
Because I don't have the time or shoulders for engine building (although I'm hoping to do more next year after prolo), I'm a big believer in quality over quantity and intensity over yardage. Just for fast sprints, not for other stuff like the 200s or the 400 IM. I've just basically been following Ande and Paul Smith's sprinting advice and training mostly but not entirely on my own. I feel like I should wear a sign saying "I am an Ande's blog addict. Sprint. Do it often."
I have a teammate who used to be a sprinter and is now hooked on engine building and is in amazing condition. He said, however, that his sprints were a bit off at zones and his distance events were fabulous. I think it's hard to train for both.
Are you still focusing on the shorter distances?
