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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-How often do you time youself/get timed?
-When? before/during/after practice?
At least, twice a week.
After a medium warm up.
I always do a basic 500 warm up. Then it would depend on the distance I was going to do a time for...if it was a 200 free, I would do a set of 5 and descend 1 and 3 (1 about 50% effort, 3 about 65 - 70% effort). 2 and 4 would be slow recovery swims focusing on technique. Then I would take a good 3 to 4 minute rest and do 5 all out for time. If it were a 100 then I might descend 3 or 4 before going for time. For a 50 I might descend 4 or 5. I do the repeats at no particular intervals. When I feel rested I go. Might even have a chat to someone in between. I like to ease myself into race pace.:)
When I am done, I carry on with my regular practice.
Do you train on your own or with a team?
Popov's coach felt it important that his swimmers be prepared to swim race pace at any time and to that end he would sometimes have them go all out for time right at the start of practice with no warm up at all. So that is something to think about as well.
-How often do you time youself/get timed?
-When? before/during/after practice?
At least, twice a week.
After a medium warm up.
I always do a basic 500 warm up. Then it would depend on the distance I was going to do a time for...if it was a 200 free, I would do a set of 5 and descend 1 and 3 (1 about 50% effort, 3 about 65 - 70% effort). 2 and 4 would be slow recovery swims focusing on technique. Then I would take a good 3 to 4 minute rest and do 5 all out for time. If it were a 100 then I might descend 3 or 4 before going for time. For a 50 I might descend 4 or 5. I do the repeats at no particular intervals. When I feel rested I go. Might even have a chat to someone in between. I like to ease myself into race pace.:)
When I am done, I carry on with my regular practice.
Do you train on your own or with a team?
Popov's coach felt it important that his swimmers be prepared to swim race pace at any time and to that end he would sometimes have them go all out for time right at the start of practice with no warm up at all. So that is something to think about as well.
