Hello all. I am a 32 year old swimmer who swam and played water polo in high school and only played water polo in college. I just started back swimming with some regularity last fall. My goal over the next year is to rack up some personal bests in the 50, 100, 200 free and 200 IM. I will have 3-4 days a week that I can swim and pretty much any day that I can go to a local gym or ride my bike.
I have read many of Ande's posts and done some of the workouts posted here on the forum. I am looking more for input on an overall training scheme, what type of workouts would be best, yardage totals, weight/dryland suggestions (both type and frequency), or anything else that you think might be helpful.
Thank you!
Here's the Swim Faster Faster Index
Follow a few blogs
Chris Stevenson
Pat Brundage
Ande's Swimming Blog
my Original Swimming Blog
If you want to follow a whole season, consider
Dec 07 SCM 2007 - May 08 SCY 2008
This is good to read and study. Ande provides many links in addition to his suggestions of swim faster faster
Ande's Swimming Tips: Swimming Faster Faster - U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums
Mark gave some good sources for workout development. I personnally like and use Ernest Maglischo's books when developing my taper and such. I also kept records of my workouts over the last 3 years and I have been reusing those.
I particularly like the workouts I had with Rick Benner when I swam for SST and that is the time I saw the greatest time drops in all of my shorter swims.
Since you are clearly trying to focus more on sprints than distance you might want to check out the blogs of some of the sprinters and use some of their workouts. You might also check out Tall Pauls Favorite workouts and/or sets under the workouts section.
If you really want to be a student of the sport and are willing to invest the time, I'd recommend the following resources:
Books
- Swimming Fastest, Ernest Maglischo (The swimmer's desk reference)
- Championship Swimming, Bill Sweetenham, et al
- The Swim Coaching Bible, *** Hannula, Nort Thornton
- Complete Conditioning for Swimming, David Salo, Scott Riewald
Web Sites
- US Masters Swimming Training Articles, Workouts, Blogs
- USA Swimming Coaches section (really good info here)
- American Swim Coaches Association Articles
- GoSwim.TV Drills and Practices
- Floswimming Videos
There's a whole lot more, but these will keep you plenty busy.
Are you heading to the Clemson meet this weekend?
Mark
Hello all. I am a 32 year old swimmer who swam and played water polo in high school and only played water polo in college. I just started back swimming with some regularity last fall. My goal over the next year is to rack up some personal bests in the 50, 100, 200 free and 200 IM. I will have 3-4 days a week that I can swim and pretty much any day that I can go to a local gym or ride my bike.
I have read many of Ande's posts and done some of the workouts posted here on the forum. I am looking more for input on an overall training scheme, what type of workouts would be best, yardage totals, weight/dryland suggestions (both type and frequency), or anything else that you think might be helpful.
Thank you!
Thank you for the references everyone--especially the book list, Glider!
Did not make it to the Clemson meet this weekend. Greenville LCM meet will probably be my next since I am taking May off to do some hiking and family visits.
Thanks again.
Hello all. I am a 32 year old swimmer who swam and played water polo in high school and only played water polo in college. I just started back swimming with some regularity last fall. My goal over the next year is to rack up some personal bests in the 50, 100, 200 free and 200 IM. I will have 3-4 days a week that I can swim and pretty much any day that I can go to a local gym or ride my bike.
I have read many of Ande's posts and done some of the workouts posted here on the forum. I am looking more for input on an overall training scheme, what type of workouts would be best, yardage totals, weight/dryland suggestions (both type and frequency), or anything else that you think might be helpful.
Thank you!
my experience has been that I can write myself the best training plan ever. but then I don't do it. so, for me, swimming with a group of people and a coach, if possible, works best
but if you can't then there are a many good books and videos out there
