July of 08 I swam in a meet, did fairly well, so I thought I would go in the gym and workout 2 days and swim 3 days. One year later my times were almost the same within 100's of a second. What would you suggest to make my times better for an up coming National in 2 months?
Thanks for any advise.
Barbara
In my opinion, a swimmer will only get faster if training time is spent in the water. This isn't down playing the importance of "dry-land training", but it is only going to take you so far.
I would recommend upping your weekly swims to at least 5 days per week - either keeping the 2 weight/land workouts or cutting them out. If faster swimming is the only goal, I would say just worry about being in the water as many days per week as possible.
In my opinion, a swimmer will only get faster if training time is spent in the water. This isn't down playing the importance of "dry-land training", but it is only going to take you so far.
I would recommend upping your weekly swims to at least 5 days per week - either keeping the 2 weight/land workouts or cutting them out. If faster swimming is the only goal, I would say just worry about being in the water as many days per week as possible.
