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.
How about sets doing 100s on intervals of 2:00 - 2:30? Would this have value as a way to gain some speed and endurance as a compromise between aerobic and the pain of all-out sprinting (which I may be beginning to hate).
Those are very good sets to build both speed and endurance as well as technique is you focus on it.If the sprinting is starting to hurt and you are avoiding it for that reason try some 12.5 sprints.
How about sets doing 100s on intervals of 2:00 - 2:30? Would this have value as a way to gain some speed and endurance as a compromise between aerobic and the pain of all-out sprinting (which I may be beginning to hate).
Those are very good sets to build both speed and endurance as well as technique is you focus on it.If the sprinting is starting to hurt and you are avoiding it for that reason try some 12.5 sprints.
