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?
Hmm, I must be the exception as I just swam a very relaxed 1:00.9 100y fly without ever having swum fly in practice for more than a 50, and even that isn't very often.
We'll find out if that was just an aberation come three weeks from now.
Very interesting point - to train 25s/ 50s/ 75s for the 100 or to train 100s for the 100 fly.
As a kid I only did diving well sprints, 25s, 50s and the occasional 75 and hit :58.6 in the 100. Never did 100s full fly sets. However, who knows what my potential really was? I have to say that since I started training more fly (with USS - over the summer season) that my fly times really dropped and are lifetime bests. And that "die" feeling is pretty minimal.
Even if someone drops a lot of time, it's still hard to measure if they've reached their full potential. How do you know. . .
I'd say that a 1:00.9 for a male is in line with the fly training listed.
Hmm, I must be the exception as I just swam a very relaxed 1:00.9 100y fly without ever having swum fly in practice for more than a 50, and even that isn't very often.
We'll find out if that was just an aberation come three weeks from now.
Very interesting point - to train 25s/ 50s/ 75s for the 100 or to train 100s for the 100 fly.
As a kid I only did diving well sprints, 25s, 50s and the occasional 75 and hit :58.6 in the 100. Never did 100s full fly sets. However, who knows what my potential really was? I have to say that since I started training more fly (with USS - over the summer season) that my fly times really dropped and are lifetime bests. And that "die" feeling is pretty minimal.
Even if someone drops a lot of time, it's still hard to measure if they've reached their full potential. How do you know. . .
I'd say that a 1:00.9 for a male is in line with the fly training listed.
