I always struggle with the first few hundred yards of a swim. I know I could do better if I could reduce the sagging period I suffer at the start of longer races. I loosen off my muscles and feel ok but breathing seems to take forever to get settled. It happened to me in the first 10 miutes of a football match too, then I'd find my lungs.
I'm always terrified of blowing myself out if I get too aggressive in warm up.
What tricks or tips do you guys and girls have that you will share?
Thanks
Warm ups are overated, I still like the hot showers and towels.
The former egyptian olympian on my team warms up the same as he did as a younger, olympic lad:
show up 30 minutes before event goes off; warm shower; jog laps in the locker room; come out 3 minutes before race and take all clothes off, jog to the blocks; swim (fast).
seems to work for him.
at our terrapin cup meet, my warmup was the 50 fly, 100 free and a 50 in a relay. then went out and swam my 2nd fastest 400 ever. granted, leslie did beat me in the fly.
Warm ups are overated, I still like the hot showers and towels.
The former egyptian olympian on my team warms up the same as he did as a younger, olympic lad:
show up 30 minutes before event goes off; warm shower; jog laps in the locker room; come out 3 minutes before race and take all clothes off, jog to the blocks; swim (fast).
seems to work for him.
at our terrapin cup meet, my warmup was the 50 fly, 100 free and a 50 in a relay. then went out and swam my 2nd fastest 400 ever. granted, leslie did beat me in the fly.
