I just got back to swimming 4 weeks ago. we do 4500yds-5000yds a day -no problem. But i can't seem to break 32 sec. on 50 m. it's like i hit the wall each time i try. I tried brethe every 4 and 2 no luck.
I swim freestyle
my coach says build more endurance.
any ideas?
jjpj
I'm 34 and started back up after 10yrs.
I started off swimming 3000-3500m in 90 minutes. it took me 4-6 weeks to get up to 4000m and I thought that was tough. it's taken me 2 yrs to get to were I can swim 5500m in 90.
I can say that for me speed was the last thing to come. I was able to drop my 100, 200 and 400 times in practice long before I was able to go under :35 from the wall. I raced the 50 several times during the two years back and had 28.77-29-11 it wasn't until after this summer that I did 27.76 and then 2 weeks later 27.68.
I'm not coach, but if if can swim 50s in a series at :34 but only :32 with rest, I would guess your getting too much rest in your series, or you are stressing and cutting your stroke short in the rested 50.
try doing a 9x50 progressive 1-3 building up speed over the 3 50's. start interval :50-:55 try swimming the first 50 :42, then :37 and then really push the last one. do that 3 times. pay attention to your arms, and legs. see how much your stroke changes as your speed increases.
last night I did 5x100 neg *** and did :46 - :44 but I was taking 3-4 more strokes per 25 in the second 50. so I really need to work on that. I should be able to swim it :46-:43 with out increasing my stroke count that much.
I'm 34 and started back up after 10yrs.
I started off swimming 3000-3500m in 90 minutes. it took me 4-6 weeks to get up to 4000m and I thought that was tough. it's taken me 2 yrs to get to were I can swim 5500m in 90.
I can say that for me speed was the last thing to come. I was able to drop my 100, 200 and 400 times in practice long before I was able to go under :35 from the wall. I raced the 50 several times during the two years back and had 28.77-29-11 it wasn't until after this summer that I did 27.76 and then 2 weeks later 27.68.
I'm not coach, but if if can swim 50s in a series at :34 but only :32 with rest, I would guess your getting too much rest in your series, or you are stressing and cutting your stroke short in the rested 50.
try doing a 9x50 progressive 1-3 building up speed over the 3 50's. start interval :50-:55 try swimming the first 50 :42, then :37 and then really push the last one. do that 3 times. pay attention to your arms, and legs. see how much your stroke changes as your speed increases.
last night I did 5x100 neg *** and did :46 - :44 but I was taking 3-4 more strokes per 25 in the second 50. so I really need to work on that. I should be able to swim it :46-:43 with out increasing my stroke count that much.
