I have been swimming for almost 2 months about 5 times per week. In the beginning I did mostly freestyle and a little breaststroke but have been taking a class to learn the other strokes. I found out my breaststroke technique was off and am revamping it. I can do backstroke but am still refining technique a bit. I am learning butterfly - learned dolphin kick this past week.
My question is about how to spend my time at the pool. I have been spending about 45 minutes in the past month. I warm up with a little freestyle. Then I spend about 10-15 minutes each on backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly (aka dolphin kick right now). Is that a good idea? Or should I devote entire workouts to one stroke at a time? I think that could work better - I would have more time to get the technique down. But I worry I will lose something if I don't maintain a little every day. Any suggestions? Should I spend more time in the pool?
Thanks -
Sara,
don't worry about having to maintain something every day. your body isn't going to forget how to swim breaststroke over the course of three days if you decide to do some massive amounts of freestyle for a couple consecutive days.
it helps to set some goals and then cater your pooltime accordingly. Are you looking to swim for a set period of time (ie 1hr swim), open water swim, pool meet, etc? For example, 2 months ago, I was prepping for some open water swims and a pair of long distance pool races, so I did very little strokework, focusing mostly on long distance freestyle. What are you looking to do?
Sara,
don't worry about having to maintain something every day. your body isn't going to forget how to swim breaststroke over the course of three days if you decide to do some massive amounts of freestyle for a couple consecutive days.
it helps to set some goals and then cater your pooltime accordingly. Are you looking to swim for a set period of time (ie 1hr swim), open water swim, pool meet, etc? For example, 2 months ago, I was prepping for some open water swims and a pair of long distance pool races, so I did very little strokework, focusing mostly on long distance freestyle. What are you looking to do?
