I swim about 2 hours per day 5 days a week.
evenings 6-8pm. I considering do morings swim(at my local health club) but no longer than an hour.
I am on masters team - evenings 6-8pm.5 days /week
i swim 4 weeks now and completes 4500yds daily workout (evenings) no problems.
thanks for suggestions.
jjpj
I try to do double swim sets on Fridays. That is when we usually do our fast swims...say 50s on 2 min, or something similar (maybe 100s on 5 min). In the morning I'll focus on free, then come back in the evening and do the same set ***. I typically don't swim over the weekend (that is saved for weights and runs), so it also cuts down my out of pool time a little.
I do combine swimming with running and weights, Mon-Thurs doing a swim set and one of those also. I like the variety, and feel that balancing them all together works well.
I did some doubles last SCY season, about 5 or 6 weeks worth twice a week in Feb - Mar timeframe. Our main team workout is/was in the evening around 4500 yards, and I'd get a couple of more days in, ramping the weekly yardage up to 35K, from the normal 20 - 25K. Knowing I'm not the kid I once was, I did tend to ease up on one of the workouts, focus on technique, turns etc, or get out a little early... just listen to your body. While it did wear me out for a bit, I think it helped in the long run come taper time. I swam USMS Champs and Y-Nats, and despite being pretty slack between the two, I swam faster in all events 2 weeks later at Y-Nats, from the 50 free to the 1000 free. So, the extra training gave some extra speed and endurance. Or maybe I need a 5 week taper. Or maybe margaritas on the beach... I'll probably do something similar this season, but may start in Jan. I might also try some periodization training -- swim a month with some doubles, then a month more normal, another month with some doubles... or maybe two week cycles...
Don't believe too much hype about the sprinters doing almost nothing in the pool, you need your aerobic base before you can train power/sprints. A lot of these online posters don't seem to understand that.
We're not all bumbling dunderheads.
I pretty routinely do "doubles," just not swimming doubles. I run, cycle, lift, etc. After my 8 mile run yesterday, I was in the gym for about an hour today and just swam 4000. Tomorrow, I'm going to spin and do a lactate set. Paul Smith undertakes his "less is more" approach with a big dose of spinning. There are plenty of sprinters having success with lower yardage and cross training.
If your daily schedule allows for morning swims I say try it for a week.
maybe tuesday and thursdays. see how well you can swim tuesday morning after a monday night swim and how well you swim thursday night after the two extra practices.
I would love to add a few morning swims but on the days that I could swim in the morning, the pool doesn't open until 10am.
I think this depends on a number of factors. What are your swimming goals? Are you competing in any meets? What events are you competing in? What is your age (this is a factor in recovery)? How well do you recover from workouts?
Sounds like you should go for it. The only reason I would tell you not to is if you are a sprinter and are training primarily for 50s or 100s. As you are probably aware, less is more with sprinters. Remember, even when Dara Torres was 33 and training for the 2000 Olympics, she was just swimming once a day.
Otherwise, I say go for it.
lift Tues and Thurs from 6AM-8AM, with both gym workouts followed by an hour of easy technique swimming so as not to bulk up and lose flexibility.
How is swimming afterward going to cause you not to bulk up?
Only 10 months in the water and you are swimming a 43 second 100 Free?
Crazy right? I'm trying to figure out if he swam for years .....took ten months off, then back to the pool.
