Swimming should be so simple - there are really only 3 ways to improve your times:
a) better technique - easier said than done, but this will make you faster
b) maintaining your sub-max speed at a higher level over a given distance - swimmers spend about 95% of their time here.
c) improve your maximum speed - swimmers spend traditionally very little time here.
Maximum speed means not even a 25 - usually humans can maintain their max only for 5-6 seconds - but a 25 seems good enough and it's esaier to work with.
So sprint a 25 and have somebody time you - if you can go from the blocks for most of your workouts do it from a dive -- if you do most of it from a push - use that.
Anything within 5-10% of that time will help your max speed - anything slower will not.
Resistance training on land and in the water will help you.
Sprint kicking / using zoomers / paddles for sprints can help you
Bands can help you simulate a pace faster than max speed - very useful.
Swimming should be so simple - there are really only 3 ways to improve your times:
a) better technique - easier said than done, but this will make you faster
b) maintaining your sub-max speed at a higher level over a given distance - swimmers spend about 95% of their time here.
c) improve your maximum speed - swimmers spend traditionally very little time here.
Maximum speed means not even a 25 - usually humans can maintain their max only for 5-6 seconds - but a 25 seems good enough and it's esaier to work with.
So sprint a 25 and have somebody time you - if you can go from the blocks for most of your workouts do it from a dive -- if you do most of it from a push - use that.
Anything within 5-10% of that time will help your max speed - anything slower will not.
Resistance training on land and in the water will help you.
Sprint kicking / using zoomers / paddles for sprints can help you
Bands can help you simulate a pace faster than max speed - very useful.
