I've been doing masters for about a year and a half now and was thinking of MAYBE doing a meet or two this season. I was wondering if anyone could provide suggestions regarding a pre-meet warmup routine. What do you do, and why? Do you always do the same pre-meet warmup? What works, and what does not work for you? How long, realistically, should one allow for warmup? I am mainly looking for examples of routines that I could tweak for my own purposes. (I'll probably do short distance events, like 50 free and 100 free, as well as one or two stroke events and/or IM. In other words, NO distance events for me.) :bolt:
I always warm up at least 1200 yards before meets, similarly to what I'd do for practice: some swimming, some pulling, some stroke work, drills, kicking, etc. Then I swim a few sprints off the blocks.
Keep in mind that its important to familiarize yourself with the walls, touchpads and blocks at that pool. I'll also check the heat sheets to see which lanes I'm swimming in and make sure there's nothing weird about them that might cause a problem. Sometimes lane markers on the bottom of the pool can be funny due to depth changes, or there's an underwater light that shines in your eyes or something. I want this stuff to be as familiar as possible.
I always warm up at least 1200 yards before meets, similarly to what I'd do for practice: some swimming, some pulling, some stroke work, drills, kicking, etc. Then I swim a few sprints off the blocks.
Keep in mind that its important to familiarize yourself with the walls, touchpads and blocks at that pool. I'll also check the heat sheets to see which lanes I'm swimming in and make sure there's nothing weird about them that might cause a problem. Sometimes lane markers on the bottom of the pool can be funny due to depth changes, or there's an underwater light that shines in your eyes or something. I want this stuff to be as familiar as possible.
