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 follow the same routine,familiarity helps bind anxiety and improve focus.I swim the same warm up I do before a workout,which is 600 yd.Then I do a race pace 25(off the blocks if allowed)Then I do a cool down of about 300 yd until I feel really loose.I start this about 2 hr before my first swim.Then I go and meditate and visualize my race for about 30 min.Then depending how I feel I'll either rest or socialize with friends,teammates,or rivals(who are all friends.) 30 min before I swim I will start walking around and bouncing to warm up again(I don't like to be wet before a race,if you do I recommend you do some slow swimming until right before your event is called.)(In the recent tech suit era,most of that second warm up consisted of putting on the suit.)
I always follow the same routine,familiarity helps bind anxiety and improve focus.I swim the same warm up I do before a workout,which is 600 yd.Then I do a race pace 25(off the blocks if allowed)Then I do a cool down of about 300 yd until I feel really loose.I start this about 2 hr before my first swim.Then I go and meditate and visualize my race for about 30 min.Then depending how I feel I'll either rest or socialize with friends,teammates,or rivals(who are all friends.) 30 min before I swim I will start walking around and bouncing to warm up again(I don't like to be wet before a race,if you do I recommend you do some slow swimming until right before your event is called.)(In the recent tech suit era,most of that second warm up consisted of putting on the suit.)
