Stupid question.. But what is a good pace for warm up? I get some slight twinges of shoulder and elbow pain lately, I'm young and don't do much with the shoulders, get 1-2 days of rest (at least) a week from swimming... But when warming up, I end up getting that "good burn" after just a few hundred yards and almost feel my shoulders tiring. I am probably warming up with 500/600 yds at a 1:45/100 pace. Is this too fast? Too Slow?
I find it hard to slow myself down if that makes any sense.. I am no speed demon but I seem to be set for one speed unless sprinting.
I think I might swim too fast during warm up, but that is only because I want to make sure I can get in the entire workout. I'm usually the one pushing to get the first series started. if I am last to finish warming up, then we will lose time in the water.
but one thing that I like about our warm-ups, is that we don't just do 200 swim, kick, arm, swim we usually have some kind variation for 800-1200m
300 choice
8x75 sculling, kick, drill
or
200 choice
10 x 50 odds sculling/kick evens drill swim
9x50 dec 1-3
the biggest problem my group has is not enough time for a proper warm down. we finish our main series and have usually 15-20 minutes to do some kind of pulling or kicking series. most of the times my warm down consists of a 50 where I stop after 25 to take out the lane line.
I think I might swim too fast during warm up, but that is only because I want to make sure I can get in the entire workout. I'm usually the one pushing to get the first series started. if I am last to finish warming up, then we will lose time in the water.
but one thing that I like about our warm-ups, is that we don't just do 200 swim, kick, arm, swim we usually have some kind variation for 800-1200m
300 choice
8x75 sculling, kick, drill
or
200 choice
10 x 50 odds sculling/kick evens drill swim
9x50 dec 1-3
the biggest problem my group has is not enough time for a proper warm down. we finish our main series and have usually 15-20 minutes to do some kind of pulling or kicking series. most of the times my warm down consists of a 50 where I stop after 25 to take out the lane line.
