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.
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I am a no pain swimmer. I start my warm ups at a very slow rate of swimming. After 100m I steadily increase my speed until I am at about a 25seconds for 25 m pace for my last length of the warm up. It takes me about 300 to 400m to start to feel like swimming. After that comes my workout. I reverse the cool down swim by swimming down to slow from a 25 sec 25m to dead slow.
If anything but my legs hurt I do not swim hard. My legs always hurt. I might add that I only stretch my calf muscles when they feel strained to almost cramping when I swim.
I am a no pain swimmer. I start my warm ups at a very slow rate of swimming. After 100m I steadily increase my speed until I am at about a 25seconds for 25 m pace for my last length of the warm up. It takes me about 300 to 400m to start to feel like swimming. After that comes my workout. I reverse the cool down swim by swimming down to slow from a 25 sec 25m to dead slow.
If anything but my legs hurt I do not swim hard. My legs always hurt. I might add that I only stretch my calf muscles when they feel strained to almost cramping when I swim.
