Well, I just joined here to get some input about my training régime this summer.. This is the same post I've been putting on a few different sites.
Well, as far as background info about me goes, I'm 16 and I'm a swimmer. Always have been and always will be. This summer I'm basically training for next year as well as training to DESTROY my coach in the mile swim in Ocean City, NJ in a month. He's also training so that I don't beat him. Some healthy competition here and there. ;D
My friends are telling me that I'm 'overexerting myself' because I practice so much. It's only like 6 hours a day though. It can't be -that- bad, can it? Well, here's my main schedule. Oh yeah, weekdays are my more intense practices with Plyometrics on Mondays and Thursdays. Yoga and stretching are for the weekends as recovery days. I mean hardcore Yoga and stretching. About an hour and a half each day.
Here's an example of one of the 'Soul Crushing' sets that I make up myself.
Normal Weekday:
6:00 AM-9:00 AM: Swimming
9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Weight Lifting One day might be legs
and biceps. Another might be just all abs. Another would be Back and Triceps.
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Running
10:30 AM-12:00 AM: Swimming
5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Mondays and Thursdays: Plyometrics
As for food, I have this protein drink during practices. It's actually pretty decent
as far as protein shakes go. Usually some sort of sandwich and some fruit for lunch.
Chicken or whatever for dinner. Small snacks of fruits between each meal bringing my
total to like 2,000 to 2,500 calories a day. I'm never starving, so I guess that's a good
thing.
Example of 10,000 yard set.
500 Warm Up
8 x 75 on the 1:05
100
200
300
400 Twice on the 1:20; 1 minute in between.
300
200
100
12 x 75 Alternate IM on the 1:10 / 1:15
5 x 100 Second stroke on the 1:40
3 x 100 Four Times on the 1:10 / 1:15; 1 minute in between
400 Recovery
100
200
300 Twice on the 1:20
200
100
4 x 200 Pull w/ Buoys, Kick w/ Fins & Board, Build, Warm down
Example of ~5,500 yard set.
4 x 200 Pull, Kick, Drill, Swim
100
200 Five times on the 1:20. 1 minute in between.
300
200 Recovery
4 x 100 three times on the 1:15
2 x 300 Warm down
I don't really see how this is overexerting myself. Like, I'm sore after practice, but you should be, right? That means you've worked your muscles and they are ready to repair themselves bigger and badder than before.
What do you guys think?
So yeah, what do you guys think?
