I would love to see what kind of yardage some of you are doing out there. Just ball park numbers. I realize there is much more to swimming than how many yards one does, and training for different events entails differences in yardages, but I would still like to see what everyone is doing so I can know where I fall within the "norm". Also, if anyone knows, I would like to know what some of the masters All American's do as far as yardage. I see times for Jeff Commins in the *** and IM events and wonder how much he must train.
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A year ago I was really pushing my limits spending 5-6 days a week at the pool while trying to increase my yardage.I got sick of it very quickly.
Since I pretty much am stuck with swimming I want to continue enjoying it so I tried reducing the number of days and aiming for longer sets with more drills and upping the yards.12 month later I have found that this still works best for me-4Xper week -3500Y =14.000.
At least that is my goal each day/week. Our pool manager keeps a lap club chart on the wall so we can record our daily total and she posts monthly results.
It is very satisfying to see how much those laps add up to.
A year ago I was really pushing my limits spending 5-6 days a week at the pool while trying to increase my yardage.I got sick of it very quickly.
Since I pretty much am stuck with swimming I want to continue enjoying it so I tried reducing the number of days and aiming for longer sets with more drills and upping the yards.12 month later I have found that this still works best for me-4Xper week -3500Y =14.000.
At least that is my goal each day/week. Our pool manager keeps a lap club chart on the wall so we can record our daily total and she posts monthly results.
It is very satisfying to see how much those laps add up to.
