I'm seeking advice on training for the 100 fly. Decided to start swimming it last year. Swam it 7x on the three courses. I can only remember 3x times where I didn't suffer from complete paralysis the last 15 meters or so and worry about a DQ. Gah. So how can I fix this?
I've read that you don't need to train fly in practice. I'm not sure I buy this. The muscular fatigue from fly seems unique. And I don't want to substitute freestyle training for it.
What are some good sets? How many SDKs per length should I take to prevent oxygen debt? If too much fly hurts the shoulders, is kicking a decent training substitute?
I also seem to swim better 100 flys on a week rest. The paralysis seems to be associated with a 2 week taper. Does aerobic fitness drop off that quickly? Is this an age thing? Or is it that I just don't train enough yards for a 2 week taper?
The key to swimming anything is practice! You don't need to do 10x100's butterfly during a workout but you need to do fly. Swimming the 100 butterfly is not like swimming the 100 freestyle it's more like swimming the 800 freestyle. While the 200 butterfly is more like swimming the 1500 freestyle. You need to practice your race strategy.
You don't want to do so much fly the stroke falls apart and you pretty much are dying in the water but you need to do enough to get into the groove of the stroke. Lot's of time when we get the choice of doing stroke in a set I'll add butterfly and backstroke into the mix. Give myself some recovery time in between the various butterfly. Start with 25's and 50's and over time add in a 100 here and there.
Those special times when the coach let's you do a 100 for time do the butterfly. Get a base time and then break it down into splits by 25. Then when you swim those 25 and 50 fly's you know your base time.
The key to swimming anything is practice! You don't need to do 10x100's butterfly during a workout but you need to do fly. Swimming the 100 butterfly is not like swimming the 100 freestyle it's more like swimming the 800 freestyle. While the 200 butterfly is more like swimming the 1500 freestyle. You need to practice your race strategy.
You don't want to do so much fly the stroke falls apart and you pretty much are dying in the water but you need to do enough to get into the groove of the stroke. Lot's of time when we get the choice of doing stroke in a set I'll add butterfly and backstroke into the mix. Give myself some recovery time in between the various butterfly. Start with 25's and 50's and over time add in a 100 here and there.
Those special times when the coach let's you do a 100 for time do the butterfly. Get a base time and then break it down into splits by 25. Then when you swim those 25 and 50 fly's you know your base time.
