It's not going to be as interesting as Ande's but I realized when I was powerlifting 10 years ago that this is the best way for me to track and evaluate my progress so here it is.
OK, so I took a look at SCY Nats times from last year and I have come to realize that I'm still not fast enough. So I'm at a crossroads. I can continue doing that I have been doing and I might get a little faster or I can 'man-up' and really start to push myself and do the things that I know I need to do which are:
1) Lose some tonnage - currently 257 and that's just not gonna get it done. You can only go SO fast when you look like an NFL tight end.
GOAL: 240 by Nats.
Plan: really revamp the diet, ditch sodas and only drink water and milk on occasion. Bring my lunch to work EVERY day. Increase non-pool cardio.
2) Get in the pool more often. Currently averaging about 2.3 sessions per week and that's not enough.
GOAL: Work on getting average up to 3 for Feb and up to 4 for March.
3) Get focused help with strokes - I need to improve the efficiency of my strokes instead of relying on brute force. Get help with stroke work and get taped to review faults and fixes.
GOAL: Sign up for Clay Britt's power clinic in March
4) Build a better kick. This is going to be the hard one as our team practices have some kick work in them but not a lot. I need to throw a solo session in here and really build up my kicks. I know HOW, I just need to DO IT!!!
5) Any advice welcomed here.
My goal times for Nats are below, these times _should_ enable me to finish in the top 10 with the exception of 50 *** and 100 Free and I think that these are realistic expectations based upon where I am now.
100 IM - 59.99, current 1:02.66
50 Fly - 26.00, current 27.12
50 Back - 29.00, current 30.28
50 *** - 32.00, current 33.98
50 Free - 23.00, current 24.35
100 Free - 53.00, current 55.29
So I welcome any and all comments. And now I need to find the inner strength and drive to implement these changes.
OK, so I took a look at SCY Nats times from last year and I have come to realize that I'm still not fast enough. So I'm at a crossroads. I can continue doing that I have been doing and I might get a little faster or I can 'man-up' and really start to push myself and do the things that I know I need to do which are:
1) Lose some tonnage - currently 257 and that's just not gonna get it done. You can only go SO fast when you look like an NFL tight end.
GOAL: 240 by Nats.
Plan: really revamp the diet, ditch sodas and only drink water and milk on occasion. Bring my lunch to work EVERY day. Increase non-pool cardio.
2) Get in the pool more often. Currently averaging about 2.3 sessions per week and that's not enough.
GOAL: Work on getting average up to 3 for Feb and up to 4 for March.
3) Get focused help with strokes - I need to improve the efficiency of my strokes instead of relying on brute force. Get help with stroke work and get taped to review faults and fixes.
GOAL: Sign up for Clay Britt's power clinic in March
4) Build a better kick. This is going to be the hard one as our team practices have some kick work in them but not a lot. I need to throw a solo session in here and really build up my kicks. I know HOW, I just need to DO IT!!!
5) Any advice welcomed here.
My goal times for Nats are below, these times _should_ enable me to finish in the top 10 with the exception of 50 *** and 100 Free and I think that these are realistic expectations based upon where I am now.
100 IM - 59.99, current 1:02.66
50 Fly - 26.00, current 27.12
50 Back - 29.00, current 30.28
50 *** - 32.00, current 33.98
50 Free - 23.00, current 24.35
100 Free - 53.00, current 55.29
So I welcome any and all comments. And now I need to find the inner strength and drive to implement these changes.
