RE: How to swim like a Champion :-)) .

ande — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:54:36 GMT

how do you get faster in the 50? get faster at 15 meters get faster at 25 meters improve your technique get stronger do more speed work with lots of rest Improve your SDK how do you improve your 100 split? train to swim your first and 2nd 50 1.5 - 2.0 seconds apart ie go out in 32.0 come back in 33.5 33.5 - 32.0 = 1.5 relax more on the first 50 use easy speed don't kick as hard as you can on the first 50 back half everything in practice this topic is well covered in Swim Faster Faster www.usms.org/.../showthread.php Improve your kick www.usms.org/.../showthread.php Hi everyone, This is my first time, so i´m a rookie :-)) . My question is simple, how can i improve my 50 free . I also have a second half of the 100 free very poor .There are a 4 to 5 seconds diference, it´s to much, how do i improve this . I´m a Master Swimmer with 43 years and swim in a 25 mts pool . I have 29.32 in 50 Free, and 1:07 on the 100 Free . Could you help me ? Thanks .

RE: How to swim like a Champion :-)) .

Muppet — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:18:13 GMT

Sounds like you need to do a little engine building to strengthen the back half of your 100!! Some ideas: Practice Harder. Draw up a workout where you do 3x {4x50 free on :45, 200 easy on 3:30} holding your best average, trying to stay consistent for each set of 50s. Challenge yourself and build a tad of endurance. Practice building up your 100s, starting at 90% speed, working your way up by 25 to 110%. Another way to do this is swimming a set of 125m free, the first 50m at strong, 200 pace, the last 75m building from that pace to sprinting the last 25. KICK! SDK off the start and each turn. If you swim with a guy named Diogo who is ~27 years old and came to Stanford for World's last year, tell him Jeff says hi!