Have any of you made huge improvments in your swimming within the past couple of years, or since beginning swimming? If so, what were the improvments you made? What were you doing in training in order to make these improvments?
Have any of you made large improvments recently?
Have any of you made huge improvments in your swimming within the past couple of years, or since beginning swimming? If so, what were the improvments you made? What were you doing in training in order to make these improvments?
Have any of you made large improvments recently?
This fall SCM season I made some significant improvements in both my freestyle and IM events. The keys were pretty elementary:
Commitment / goals : I got pretty focused on goals for a couple of key events (400 free, 400 IM)
Training plan: Nothing Phelpsian, but I started each week with a plan for my workouts and then (generally) stuck to it. One key to making this work was a variety of
swimming (my primary training)
free weights (though my physique shows no evidence of this)
core work
running (using that term loosely)
Great training coaches / great team: Laura Winslow (mainly) and Paul Smith (guest appearances on deck) and the Sun Devil Masters team pushing me in workouts
Technique Focus: I did some private lessons with a GREAT technician, Anne Wilson, of Camelback Coaching, a TotalImmersion trained coach. Anne basically helped me rebuild my freestyle from scratch and finally taught me how to 6 beat kick.
Competing More: I did more meets this fall (3) and more open water races (4) so that, from August to December, I had something to point to about every 3 weeks or so.
Spousal support: Daily give & take so we could each pursue our athletic goals (she runs half marathons) while building two careers and a three kid / two dog household.
Have any of you made huge improvments in your swimming within the past couple of years, or since beginning swimming? If so, what were the improvments you made? What were you doing in training in order to make these improvments?
Have any of you made large improvments recently?
This fall SCM season I made some significant improvements in both my freestyle and IM events. The keys were pretty elementary:
Commitment / goals : I got pretty focused on goals for a couple of key events (400 free, 400 IM)
Training plan: Nothing Phelpsian, but I started each week with a plan for my workouts and then (generally) stuck to it. One key to making this work was a variety of
swimming (my primary training)
free weights (though my physique shows no evidence of this)
core work
running (using that term loosely)
Great training coaches / great team: Laura Winslow (mainly) and Paul Smith (guest appearances on deck) and the Sun Devil Masters team pushing me in workouts
Technique Focus: I did some private lessons with a GREAT technician, Anne Wilson, of Camelback Coaching, a TotalImmersion trained coach. Anne basically helped me rebuild my freestyle from scratch and finally taught me how to 6 beat kick.
Competing More: I did more meets this fall (3) and more open water races (4) so that, from August to December, I had something to point to about every 3 weeks or so.
Spousal support: Daily give & take so we could each pursue our athletic goals (she runs half marathons) while building two careers and a three kid / two dog household.
