I'm swimming with an age-group team and I am having some concerns about the workouts. Today, the entire workout was breaststroke. Warmup - 1500 ***. First Set - 7x300 ***, 30 sec rest interval between 300s. Second Set - 300 kick (***), Third Set - 20x100 ***. Cool Down.
I made it through the warmup and 4 of the first 300s before I could no longer lift my arms and my legs were starting to cramp. I swam free the remaining 300s and completed the kick set before I had to call it quits. (No one else finished either).
I've got mixed feelings about this type of workout and I would like some feedback.
On the one hand, my *** stroke muscles got a great workout. On the other hand, it was impossible to maintain perfect form. Instead I concentrated mostly on high elbows and the outsweep portion as well as a good kick.
Prior to swimming with this particular coach, my philosophy was to not sacrifice form and technique for yardage. But are there times when it is good to overwork the muscles?
BTW: Although this is only my 3rd workout with this Coach, I have noticed that this type of workout is not unusual, we have yet to do any freestyle sets. It has all been butterfly, back and ***.
Sounds boring, so the kids get bored, sounds a bit dangerous to never work any other muscles during the work-out, 1500 of ***, come on. I am not liking what I am hearing about this coach and low numbers of kids for this team is telling you something. Most good USA coaches I know mix things up a bit with the exception of all freestyle work-outs. Freestyle is used as the training conditioning stroke. I know my son used to dread the all freestyle work-outs because as an IMer, he found them boring, but he did them.
Sounds boring, so the kids get bored, sounds a bit dangerous to never work any other muscles during the work-out, 1500 of ***, come on. I am not liking what I am hearing about this coach and low numbers of kids for this team is telling you something. Most good USA coaches I know mix things up a bit with the exception of all freestyle work-outs. Freestyle is used as the training conditioning stroke. I know my son used to dread the all freestyle work-outs because as an IMer, he found them boring, but he did them.
