Training Suggestions Appreciated

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!

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!