I just got back in the water a little over a month ago after 15+ years out. I ended my swimming career short (due to hard headness and ignorance) when I was younger so there is a part of me with something to prove. I guess where I am going is I need help on focusing at the task at hand....training for top performance (for me) in competition. I am currently training on my own because the nearest team doesn't offer compatible training times or enough to be honest. I have been perusing the boards and have found lots of great information, but am having a hard time organizing and prioritizing what is relevant to me right now. Any suggestions on how to approach training...dryland/in the pool workouts would be great. I guess with it being so long and doing it on my own I am just a bit overwhelmed!!
Thanks,
Diana
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I get up M-F 4:30am to swim for 1.5 hours...generally getting in 3200-3800 yds depending on what I am working on. I have been snagging workouts here and there and adding or taking away as needed. I do have a small gym located in my garage, and have access to a gym. My dryland right now is a strength training M,W,F afternoons, but as far effective not quite sure. I am looking to compete, and actually did my first meet this past weekend which was ok, but I now have a baseline to work from. I am 32 and needing to lose 15 pounds which is slowly coming down. Here is a snapshot of my times thus far:
100 IM 1:17:05
100 Bk 1:17:01
200 Fr 2:35:88
100 Fr 1:09:86
The one thing I learned from this past weekend was, my starts great my breakout NOT GREAT, and oh my wall work...HELP! I was suffering from some shoulder irritation 2 weeks out to this past meet which yesterday seemed to have miraculously disappeared yesterday although I am going to continue with my kick sessions for awhile. SDK's are my foremost goal for the moment because that is where I seemed to have been loosing my speed well and the crappy turns..ugggh!
I hope this gives a little bit of insight on where I am coming from.
:)
I get up M-F 4:30am to swim for 1.5 hours...generally getting in 3200-3800 yds depending on what I am working on. I have been snagging workouts here and there and adding or taking away as needed. I do have a small gym located in my garage, and have access to a gym. My dryland right now is a strength training M,W,F afternoons, but as far effective not quite sure. I am looking to compete, and actually did my first meet this past weekend which was ok, but I now have a baseline to work from. I am 32 and needing to lose 15 pounds which is slowly coming down. Here is a snapshot of my times thus far:
100 IM 1:17:05
100 Bk 1:17:01
200 Fr 2:35:88
100 Fr 1:09:86
The one thing I learned from this past weekend was, my starts great my breakout NOT GREAT, and oh my wall work...HELP! I was suffering from some shoulder irritation 2 weeks out to this past meet which yesterday seemed to have miraculously disappeared yesterday although I am going to continue with my kick sessions for awhile. SDK's are my foremost goal for the moment because that is where I seemed to have been loosing my speed well and the crappy turns..ugggh!
I hope this gives a little bit of insight on where I am coming from.
:)
