In "Swimming Anatomy", Ian McLeod notes that drills, kicks, and pulls should generally be done after full-stroke work, for the same reason that isolation work should be done after muscle-group work in the gym -- if you tire a small group of muscles, they will limit your performance when you try to work the larger group, so you won't get the complete workout on the group that you otherwise would have.
Since I'm returning to swimming without a coach, I wondered what other general principles people follow in their workouts.
It will help me as I try to structure my own workouts going forward.
Thanks.
I've never made a study of this but most workouts I've ever followed do exactly the opposite. I like doing drills early-ish in the workout to iron out any kinks in the stroke then spend the rest of the workout focusing on the points the drill emphasized.
BUT I don't normally work drills like crazy so muscle fatigue isn't really an issue.
I'm interested to hear what the forum has to say on this
I've never made a study of this but most workouts I've ever followed do exactly the opposite. I like doing drills early-ish in the workout to iron out any kinks in the stroke then spend the rest of the workout focusing on the points the drill emphasized.
BUT I don't normally work drills like crazy so muscle fatigue isn't really an issue.
I'm interested to hear what the forum has to say on this
