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.
Although Jazzy is sure to disagree, our team does a whole lot of warming up. Usually start with a very easy 600 and then a set of approx 1K that is some moderate work (drilling) but still less than hard. I like to get at least 1500-2000 under my belt before I start working. I've done the flash for cash workouts where you do a 300 w/u and then go right to working sets and that isn't good.
The ironic thing is that the kids home from college that swam with us this summer said even at 1500-2000 yards of w/u or moderate work they still didn't get enough warmup. They prefer about 3-4K of warmup before working sets.
Although Jazzy is sure to disagree, our team does a whole lot of warming up. Usually start with a very easy 600 and then a set of approx 1K that is some moderate work (drilling) but still less than hard. I like to get at least 1500-2000 under my belt before I start working. I've done the flash for cash workouts where you do a 300 w/u and then go right to working sets and that isn't good.
The ironic thing is that the kids home from college that swam with us this summer said even at 1500-2000 yards of w/u or moderate work they still didn't get enough warmup. They prefer about 3-4K of warmup before working sets.
