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 like a swim/kick/pull grouping during warmups. I would like to get in at minimum 600 yards total, preferably more like 1000. I'm not that fast (1:30/100yds is a good aerobic pace for me). The swim is pretty easy, typically half free, half back and ***. I frequently can feel tightness in my right shoulder, hence the real easy focus. I like to use my zoomers for half the kick chunk. It allows me to get my heart rate up easily without requiring me to stress my shoulders (5-10 SDKs per length). I also throw in some breaststroke kick to see how my knees are feeling. Finally, during the pull chunk I generally speed up a bit and see how my shoulder is feeling. Typically, the tightness is gone by this point. If not, I take it easy a bit more.
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I like a swim/kick/pull grouping during warmups. I would like to get in at minimum 600 yards total, preferably more like 1000. I'm not that fast (1:30/100yds is a good aerobic pace for me). The swim is pretty easy, typically half free, half back and ***. I frequently can feel tightness in my right shoulder, hence the real easy focus. I like to use my zoomers for half the kick chunk. It allows me to get my heart rate up easily without requiring me to stress my shoulders (5-10 SDKs per length). I also throw in some breaststroke kick to see how my knees are feeling. Finally, during the pull chunk I generally speed up a bit and see how my shoulder is feeling. Typically, the tightness is gone by this point. If not, I take it easy a bit more.
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