I have been swimming consistently for almost 2 years. I made some good improvements and can swim 1:20/100m all out, and keep 100 interval at 1:55. But I am stuck here for a while. I swim 3/wk for 1hr each, one of which is OW (I am a triathlete). I do lots of drills but tend to take it easy on the interval or any kind of speed work during the tri season. How can I get to the next level? Should I take some more lessons? Should I spend more time on a longer interval or shorter interval? I would like to get faster in a tri swim (800m~1.2mile) but I also would like to improve my time at meets (50~400m).
Another question - My back starts hurting after while when I swim in a wetsuit. Does this tell you anything about my body position and what I should do to eliminate this?
Thanks.
I made some good improvements and can swim 1:20/100m all out, and keep 100 interval at 1:55.
I think you need to start swimming on a tighter interval. I typically swim on an interval per 100 that is 10-15 seconds slower than an all out effort. Yours is 35 seconds. Reducing your interval will make you train closer to your anaerobic threshold (use search for other threads about this) and I think you'll really reap rewards from this.
I made some good improvements and can swim 1:20/100m all out, and keep 100 interval at 1:55.
I think you need to start swimming on a tighter interval. I typically swim on an interval per 100 that is 10-15 seconds slower than an all out effort. Yours is 35 seconds. Reducing your interval will make you train closer to your anaerobic threshold (use search for other threads about this) and I think you'll really reap rewards from this.
