We do swim 5 days a week about 4500-5000yds/day, sprints, endurance etc. Since about last week i do not feel very tired after the sets. When i started swimming 5 weeks ago i was exausted.
Does it mean that i can add more to my workout on top of what coach had assigned? I know i can do it cause still have like 20-25 minutes left of swim time.
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There is good advice above. Rather than swim MORE, swim MORE QUALITY.
If I remember correctly - your workouts are made of many sets, with no obvious goal for each one. It seemed there was a lot of variety - almost designed to keep you from getting bored.
5000 yds x 5 is plenty of yardage. If you are not tired after 5000 yds I think your workouts are too easy.
You should probably work to change the intensity level during some of your workouts. Not every day. You don't want to hammer every set, every workout. But add some longer sets to keep your heart rate up for a while. 15 x 100 swum fairly fast with 10 secs rest, followed by a non-freestyle set, and followed by a kick set. Do some long rest high intensity swims (on a different day). 5 x 100 on 4:00, all swum best effort. Recover for 5 minutes, then repeat. Recover, then repeat with a non-freestyle set. Etc.
There is good advice above. Rather than swim MORE, swim MORE QUALITY.
If I remember correctly - your workouts are made of many sets, with no obvious goal for each one. It seemed there was a lot of variety - almost designed to keep you from getting bored.
5000 yds x 5 is plenty of yardage. If you are not tired after 5000 yds I think your workouts are too easy.
You should probably work to change the intensity level during some of your workouts. Not every day. You don't want to hammer every set, every workout. But add some longer sets to keep your heart rate up for a while. 15 x 100 swum fairly fast with 10 secs rest, followed by a non-freestyle set, and followed by a kick set. Do some long rest high intensity swims (on a different day). 5 x 100 on 4:00, all swum best effort. Recover for 5 minutes, then repeat. Recover, then repeat with a non-freestyle set. Etc.
