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?
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I apologize - I am usually good about searching before asking, but I dropped the ball this time thinking the workouts were more for people who are proficient with the strokes...
I appreciate the advice and I will look more at the workouts section. I think the coach idea is good - I am in a class now but having more individual attention would help. And I would like to join masters at some point when I am a little further along.
I would recommend that you take a look at the workout section of this forum as well as search the forum for beginner workouts. Your question has been discussed in great detail in other threads.
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I apologize - I am usually good about searching before asking, but I dropped the ball this time thinking the workouts were more for people who are proficient with the strokes...
I appreciate the advice and I will look more at the workouts section. I think the coach idea is good - I am in a class now but having more individual attention would help. And I would like to join masters at some point when I am a little further along.
I would recommend that you take a look at the workout section of this forum as well as search the forum for beginner workouts. Your question has been discussed in great detail in other threads.
