This thread is more of a frustrated vent than a request for advice, but input is appreciated.
I am talking fly. When I first got back into swimming (about 6 months), I timed myself for 25s. I went 15/16 from a push, but I could only do it twice before I died. After a few weeks, I could hit 14/15 for 2 or three. I continue to do timed 25s on my sprint day so that I can measure my progress. I have hit 13.
Last practice, I swam 14/15 for 8 25s. I have also added a 25 slow freestyle in between and now I do them on 1:30, which is just enough rest to feel fresh on each. It sure feels like I am a lot better, but If I am not faster, am I really? I am sure I'm a lot faster for a 50 or 100 (ie I can now survive 100) due to endurance, but shouldn't I be faster too? It doesn't seem to make a difference how fast I turn it over, either. If I am swimming hard, I swim 15.
Breaststroke is actually opposite. I can build those (actually, just by going all out, I build) as I am around 18 for the first couple and 16 by the 8th. I have improved 6 seconds in my breaststroke 25 since I started.
Total yardage is about 2000 3 times a week, which is all the time I can afford to get to the pool these days. Maybe I am getting impatient. I'd call it a plateau, but there was really no progress before it flattened out.
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Try to:
Improve your techinque. Do more drills, focus on the weak points of your stroke.
Add dryland training. Weight training, jump roping, plyometrics or what have you.
Improve your SDK.
And lastly: be patient.
From what I gathered from your post, you haven't been training for that long. Learn to accept that you won't always be improving, that there will times when you will feel like you're plowing through the water and that you won't always meet your goals. It's all part of the sport. Just keep pushing and training consistently and one day you WILL go faster.
Cheers :chug:
Try to:
Improve your techinque. Do more drills, focus on the weak points of your stroke.
Add dryland training. Weight training, jump roping, plyometrics or what have you.
Improve your SDK.
And lastly: be patient.
From what I gathered from your post, you haven't been training for that long. Learn to accept that you won't always be improving, that there will times when you will feel like you're plowing through the water and that you won't always meet your goals. It's all part of the sport. Just keep pushing and training consistently and one day you WILL go faster.
Cheers :chug:
