Just wondering what folks are working on in their training or to prepare for meets this upcoming SCY season. I'm always interested in what people are doing and why.
For me, in an ideal world, I intend to work on:
improving my SDKs off turns
improving my free and *** technique
doing more strength and core work
increasing DPS
doing more race pace work throughout the season
swimming a 100 fly in SCY and SCM for the first time
taking some time off my 100 IM; I've been stuck in a rut
doing a fast 100 back this year; didn't get around to it last year
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I want to break 5:00 in the 500 free. It's a long shot, but I'd settle for beating my best time of 5:23 from 1986.
Get Strong.
Get Ripped.
Develop a Beautiful Freestyle.
Kick hard in and out of walls.
Flip Fast.
Swim with Power.
Swim with 12 strokes or less every lap.
ahem, fort - SCM season comes first :-)since I'll be out of the pool for a while, i'll be focusing on rebuilding my endurance & fitness, losing my injury weight and rebuilding leg strength.
ahem, fort - SCM season comes first :-)since I'll be out of the pool for a while, i'll be focusing on rebuilding my endurance & fitness, losing my injury weight and rebuilding leg strength.
ahem, I love SCM. But the season ends December 31, whilst SCY ends after we all party in Austin.
and ahem, I won't be swimming any more SCM, :( , unless your meet is not just once in a "Blue Moon." Unless I can scamper off to NJ, quite unlikely really, I'll be waiting to beat you in the 50 fly at the Albatross meet in April 2008.
I might engage in some overkicking too in SCY.
Hold 1:05s for 100 frees uncomfortably and then comfortably.
w00t!
My main goal for the next few months is to keep my nose to the grindstone. I have a habit of getting lazy from the end of the summer till the end of the year. My SCY shave meet just seems so far away that skipping practice doesn't seem like a big deal. I know deep down, though, that putting in the work early in the season will pay dividends at the end.
Two concrete goals:
- to do reliable flip turns,
- to swim something besides freestyle legally at a meet,
and generally get stronger (and faster).
Been thinking about this Fort, thanks for asking.
Although my next meet is actually SCM, I'll play along.
Keeping my shoulders attached is first and foremost.
Continuing to decrease rest intervals and increase total yardage.
Not be afraid and back down from pain.
Race the big guys and really fast swimmers b/c it's fun to beat them; Even if beating 'em is in warm up, it's a start. :rofl:
Have a GREAT attitude when sets that I don't like are assigned.
Continue to not allow the boys to draft off me even if it entails sprinting the first 200 of 600 repeats. Thank goodness I'm a sprinter!
Hold 1:05s for 100 frees uncomfortably and then comfortably.
Don't swim SLOPPY, particularly when tired!
w00t!
My main goal for the next few months is to keep my nose to the grindstone. I have a habit of getting lazy from the end of the summer till the end of the year. My SCY shave meet just seems so far away that skipping practice doesn't seem like a big deal. I know deep down, though, that putting in the work early in the season will pay dividends at the end.
I better clarify my 1:05 goals. I can hold 1:02s to 1:04s on a 1:10 interval, so I've got a long way to go. But, I'm looking at my guns now and they look HUGE. I think I've got a shot on that alone. :D
I've been working on technique all summer, and have gotten much more efficient. Now I want to go fast while being efficient: 50 and 100 free, 50 and 100 fly (a new event), and 200 free. Lift, get strong, improve my kick, improve SDKs. Earn my way to Austin!
