IMers, We're Jacks & Jills of all trades
Fly back *** free
We gotta have speed but we gotta last to finish fast.
It takes strategy & conditioning.
We train equal amounts of all 4 or have a fatal flaw.
We try to make our worst stroke not so bad.
It's worked well for Ryan Michael Eric, Ariana Kirsty & Stephony
What did you do in practice today?
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
TUESDAY & THURSDAY workouts are devoted to stroke specialty and IM.
DEVOTED!
Plenty of other time to swim freestyle and ridiculous yardage to make the triathletes and grinder freestylers happy.
Coaches need to schedule stroke sets - and present stroke clinics so their athletes know how to swim strokes correctly.
There is a reason so many age-group development coaches train kids to swim IM events - it builds overall fitness and athleticism.
For masters, that IM training philosophy helps swimmers stay young, flexible, open minded, and less set in their ways like little old men and women!
Project 85% of readers will disagree with me, but I still think I'm pretty close to right! :)
I'm in the projected 15% who AGREE with you! :agree: I'm a new Masters swimmer (joined in February) and only focusing on my best stroke (breaststroke) this year in competition, but I'm really looking forward to adding IM to the mix in the future. I am working up to it slowly, because I've had back and shoulder (thoracic outlet syndrome) surgeries in between my high school swimming days and my Masters swimming, 31 years later. But, I've been testing my body by increasing my yardage and speed gradually to the point where I'm up to 4-5 days/wk, 2500 - 3500 yds per workout. And, if I had the time, I know I could do more. On the other days, I dryland train, and that is going well, too. So far, so good! So, I'm heading in the IM direction. BUT, I want to get my breaststroke technique DOWN and continue to improve my times, before I alter my focus to improving other strokes. My ultimate goal is to get the technique DOWN on all of them! If I do that, speed will improve. :D
TUESDAY & THURSDAY workouts are devoted to stroke specialty and IM.
DEVOTED!
Plenty of other time to swim freestyle and ridiculous yardage to make the triathletes and grinder freestylers happy.
Coaches need to schedule stroke sets - and present stroke clinics so their athletes know how to swim strokes correctly.
There is a reason so many age-group development coaches train kids to swim IM events - it builds overall fitness and athleticism.
For masters, that IM training philosophy helps swimmers stay young, flexible, open minded, and less set in their ways like little old men and women!
Project 85% of readers will disagree with me, but I still think I'm pretty close to right! :)
I'm in the projected 15% who AGREE with you! :agree: I'm a new Masters swimmer (joined in February) and only focusing on my best stroke (breaststroke) this year in competition, but I'm really looking forward to adding IM to the mix in the future. I am working up to it slowly, because I've had back and shoulder (thoracic outlet syndrome) surgeries in between my high school swimming days and my Masters swimming, 31 years later. But, I've been testing my body by increasing my yardage and speed gradually to the point where I'm up to 4-5 days/wk, 2500 - 3500 yds per workout. And, if I had the time, I know I could do more. On the other days, I dryland train, and that is going well, too. So far, so good! So, I'm heading in the IM direction. BUT, I want to get my breaststroke technique DOWN and continue to improve my times, before I alter my focus to improving other strokes. My ultimate goal is to get the technique DOWN on all of them! If I do that, speed will improve. :D
