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.
Our team's warmups are usually around 1000-1200 yards total. The first thing is often 400-800 yards of freestyle or maybe free w/every 4th length back or ***. This is done without stopping. Then typically a kicking or pulling set and a transition drilling set before we start the main workout. It always takes at least 1000 yards for me to feel warmed up and usually more like 1500.
I like Geek's term of 'wakeup' for those first several hundred yards. I just try to be smooth and unkink my shoulders/hips/ankles/whatever. Oddly, the better shape I'm in, the worse I feel during that initial swim. If I hop in and feel awesome, that does not bode well for the practice! :)
Our team's warmups are usually around 1000-1200 yards total. The first thing is often 400-800 yards of freestyle or maybe free w/every 4th length back or ***. This is done without stopping. Then typically a kicking or pulling set and a transition drilling set before we start the main workout. It always takes at least 1000 yards for me to feel warmed up and usually more like 1500.
I like Geek's term of 'wakeup' for those first several hundred yards. I just try to be smooth and unkink my shoulders/hips/ankles/whatever. Oddly, the better shape I'm in, the worse I feel during that initial swim. If I hop in and feel awesome, that does not bode well for the practice! :)
