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
I've given this some thought, and I have changed my mind- at least until I am more convinced this would be a good set.
Why do 20 or 40 in a row of the same stroke? The longest IM is 400, and the longest one-stroke event (other than free) is 200. Since I am training for the 400 IM, 200 fly, and 200 breaststroke, wouldn't it make more sense for me to do 20 x 25 on :45 holding 200 pace and swim it as 5 of each stroke? If I did 40 x 25, I would do 10 of each stroke.
If I did 20 or 40 of just fly, I think the negatives (repetitive stress of my shoulders and a reduction of speed would outweigh the positives. I just don't think I would be able to hold pace for that many reps. AND keep my stroke together. At 52 with a past history of repetitive stress injuries, not changing stroke could be an injury inducer. :eek:
This is an interesting question. You started me thinking about it. For fly and back I would think you can train for a 200. For breaststroke, you have already swum 200, so you really need to train for a 300. For free, you start at 300 so you should train for at least a 400. Since fly, back and *** are less efficient than free you will probably be more fatigued at the 300 of the 400im than at 300 of 400 free. Makes me think that you should probably train for 500 free.
I'd like to hear others chime in. Anyone else have thoughts?
I set that I liked when training for 200 or 400 IM was
2 x (8 x 50 swum as 50 fly,25 fly/25bk, 50 back, 25 bk/25 br, 50 br, 25 br/25 fr, 50 free, 25 fr/25 fly)
You get to practice all the turns in this set.
I've given this some thought, and I have changed my mind- at least until I am more convinced this would be a good set.
Why do 20 or 40 in a row of the same stroke? The longest IM is 400, and the longest one-stroke event (other than free) is 200. Since I am training for the 400 IM, 200 fly, and 200 breaststroke, wouldn't it make more sense for me to do 20 x 25 on :45 holding 200 pace and swim it as 5 of each stroke? If I did 40 x 25, I would do 10 of each stroke.
If I did 20 or 40 of just fly, I think the negatives (repetitive stress of my shoulders and a reduction of speed would outweigh the positives. I just don't think I would be able to hold pace for that many reps. AND keep my stroke together. At 52 with a past history of repetitive stress injuries, not changing stroke could be an injury inducer. :eek:
This is an interesting question. You started me thinking about it. For fly and back I would think you can train for a 200. For breaststroke, you have already swum 200, so you really need to train for a 300. For free, you start at 300 so you should train for at least a 400. Since fly, back and *** are less efficient than free you will probably be more fatigued at the 300 of the 400im than at 300 of 400 free. Makes me think that you should probably train for 500 free.
I'd like to hear others chime in. Anyone else have thoughts?
I set that I liked when training for 200 or 400 IM was
2 x (8 x 50 swum as 50 fly,25 fly/25bk, 50 back, 25 bk/25 br, 50 br, 25 br/25 fr, 50 free, 25 fr/25 fly)
You get to practice all the turns in this set.
