why am i so sloooooooooow? i've been swimming since i was 21, i'm now 30. When i was 21 i basically taught myself to swim and with a few tips here and there from lifeguards, i was able to swim 3 miles in the pool at approximately 35 minutes a mile.
fast forward a few years, i would consider myself a much better swimmer now, i've gotten a few lessons with coaches and i've been told my technique has gotten better. but my speed has BARELY improved!!! i'm talking major changes in technique and training, and it still takes me 34 minutes to do a mile! that's a 1 minute improvement over the time when i had taught myself to swim! it's ridiculous. and i swim so much...i swim in open water and have been doing master's for 7 months now.
is it possible that i was just born slow, or do you think i need further refinement to my technique? none of it adds up--i work very hard in the pool, my technique sounds like it's decent, and i am physically in very good shape. i can swim 9 miles in open water, but i just cannot bring up my speed! it's ridiculous. i don't want to be fast, i just want to be somewhere near 30 minutes per mile!
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I am working with a parapalegic that wants to swim in the Mexico para games. He had a very bad stroke and his speed was 2:00 plus for a 100 m swim. A couple of very minor changes over 3 days and he is now doing 1:30 plus with a dive for the 100 meters.The first day he was doing 27 strokes for 25 meters he now takes 15.
Just minor brushups in stroke technique can work wonders. He had major cross over problems. To early an exit, pushed water in the opposite direction on entry, hands hit the water during recovery. He lifted his head very high to breathe. He was not stremlined off his turns. I taught him a grab start. Tomorrow we will work on his turns, he did a stop and turn very bad. I think he is going to be a great 100 guy.
He had only swam in the ocean before I met him. He had a little trouble transferring to a swim pool (change in bouyancy).
I also suggest Goswim drills www.goswim.tv/.../drills.html
I am working with a parapalegic that wants to swim in the Mexico para games. He had a very bad stroke and his speed was 2:00 plus for a 100 m swim. A couple of very minor changes over 3 days and he is now doing 1:30 plus with a dive for the 100 meters.The first day he was doing 27 strokes for 25 meters he now takes 15.
Just minor brushups in stroke technique can work wonders. He had major cross over problems. To early an exit, pushed water in the opposite direction on entry, hands hit the water during recovery. He lifted his head very high to breathe. He was not stremlined off his turns. I taught him a grab start. Tomorrow we will work on his turns, he did a stop and turn very bad. I think he is going to be a great 100 guy.
He had only swam in the ocean before I met him. He had a little trouble transferring to a swim pool (change in bouyancy).
I also suggest Goswim drills www.goswim.tv/.../drills.html
