I’m gonna start getting timed at least once a week, to see how am doing, I wonder when is the best time to do so...
Basically you have 3 options
1) Before the actual practice, good dry land warm up moving your arms (without warming up in the pool), I found this is +1 sec every 50 from my current time.
2) After long/short warm up.
Short = 300-500 free and then just going for it
Long = lets say Im trying the 400IM
I would do: (just an example)
-400 inverse im (50 drill/50 drill)
-4x50 strong (1 of each)
-100 im strong
-4 or 8 x 75 k,d,s (im order)
-2 or 3 jumps
THEN…400 IM all out
3) After practice, after or before warming down, (I’m usually very tired, so I cant go all out anything over 100 meters)
-How often do you time youself/get timed?
-When? before/during/after practice?
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Not a problem for me.
Usually once a year (the one annual LCM meet held in Ottawa every February and which I'll miss this year as it's being replaced by the Provincial. Therefore, I'm looking forward to February 2010).
I swim Unattached. The 50m pool has only a couple of morning LCM sessions (while I'm at work, naturally) the rest of the time it's two 25m pools and starting off the blocks is not allowed even if I got a lifeguard (or a pretty woman swimmer) to time me.
Not a problem for me.
Usually once a year (the one annual LCM meet held in Ottawa every February and which I'll miss this year as it's being replaced by the Provincial. Therefore, I'm looking forward to February 2010).
I swim Unattached. The 50m pool has only a couple of morning LCM sessions (while I'm at work, naturally) the rest of the time it's two 25m pools and starting off the blocks is not allowed even if I got a lifeguard (or a pretty woman swimmer) to time me.
