I'm interested to know what kind of workouts people are doing who are preparing for 200 back, long or short course. I'm interested primarily because I'm pretty much incapable of approaching the distances and volume that Ande has been doing recently.
What are the rest of you doing? Are you gunning for a top 10 time, a National Qualifying Time, a PB, or are you just trying to stave off a precipitous decline in speed? What is the longest interval you'll do with any frequency? Do you ever get up to the 800's that Ande is posting?
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Sam: What's the conventional wisdom- does doing long yardage (eg greater than 300) backstroke actually help your strength/endurance, or is this just another way of mixing it up and keeping things interesting? I'm assuming that over the long distance you can keep your technique solid.
Anyone else have an opinion?
A little of both. I just get way bored doing frestyle. I find trying to keep up with my lanemates on my back is more fun. I do try and hold stroke as best I can. Swam a 200 LCM for time last week trying to negative split. Didn't quite do it, was out in 1:14 back in 1:14 so I was pretty happy about that. Would love to be in the low 2:20 range at the end of practice for a "normal" 200 Back.
For some goofy reason, I find my stroke gets stronger the longer I go.
Sam: What's the conventional wisdom- does doing long yardage (eg greater than 300) backstroke actually help your strength/endurance, or is this just another way of mixing it up and keeping things interesting? I'm assuming that over the long distance you can keep your technique solid.
Anyone else have an opinion?
A little of both. I just get way bored doing frestyle. I find trying to keep up with my lanemates on my back is more fun. I do try and hold stroke as best I can. Swam a 200 LCM for time last week trying to negative split. Didn't quite do it, was out in 1:14 back in 1:14 so I was pretty happy about that. Would love to be in the low 2:20 range at the end of practice for a "normal" 200 Back.
For some goofy reason, I find my stroke gets stronger the longer I go.
