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.
I probably should have asked for everyones yardage as well as training goals and times they are producing with the yardage. I am curious to know if those who put in 20K are doing better/worse/same as those who put in 15K, 12K, 10K or less. I just recently moved from 6-8K per week to 12-14K and am swimming much faster times all around, but I am only putting in 4 days per week, which leaves me plenty of rest days for recovery. I really want to know if putting in another 4-6K per week would make me much faster or not.
I don't keep track of my weekly or annual yardage. I agree with SKO's comments above that it is generally the "quantity of quality" that matters most. I like being in the pool 4-5 x per week rather than just 3-4 x though.
However, if I had to guess, I'd say I average 12-15K a week in 4-5 workouts, sometimes more and sometimes less. I've only done 20K once in my masters career (a week ago, in fact, had to look it up). However, I am a sprinter, so don't need as much yardage. This yardage seems to be sufficient for me to land in the top ten in my events. Mid D or long D swimmers will need more yardage, I'm sure.
I probably should have asked for everyones yardage as well as training goals and times they are producing with the yardage. I am curious to know if those who put in 20K are doing better/worse/same as those who put in 15K, 12K, 10K or less. I just recently moved from 6-8K per week to 12-14K and am swimming much faster times all around, but I am only putting in 4 days per week, which leaves me plenty of rest days for recovery. I really want to know if putting in another 4-6K per week would make me much faster or not.
I don't keep track of my weekly or annual yardage. I agree with SKO's comments above that it is generally the "quantity of quality" that matters most. I like being in the pool 4-5 x per week rather than just 3-4 x though.
However, if I had to guess, I'd say I average 12-15K a week in 4-5 workouts, sometimes more and sometimes less. I've only done 20K once in my masters career (a week ago, in fact, had to look it up). However, I am a sprinter, so don't need as much yardage. This yardage seems to be sufficient for me to land in the top ten in my events. Mid D or long D swimmers will need more yardage, I'm sure.
