tonight i swam a workout with of a lot of 20 yrd sprints . i might as well have been swimming 200+ sets as slow as i was going. i need to go faster on the short swims. the events i want to compete in are the 50, 100, & 200 free. 50, & 100 back and the 100 im. more emphasis on the free and back.
i have been finding about 4 nights a week and about 100 - 120 min. per sessions. 4200 - 4900 yrds per session. i also try to get in 2 sessions of weight lifting in a week . it is hard to find this time to swim. (no one else probably has this issue)
i actually started swimming back in may of 2010. took allot of octo and nov. off. joined masters in nov. and have been swimming until now.
i need to swim faster what should i do?
Your posted workout is fine, but has no particular point. Many Masters practices are like this because of the wide array of swimmer types, ages and abilities in one pool at one time. If you want to be a sprinter, you must do sprint based work outs occasionally. The simplest way to do that in a team setting (and without making everyone around you mad) is to concentrate the end of practice on sprints. Instead of doing 120 swims, do 20s on the same interval as the 120, concentrating on the stroke technique and consistent speed.
The essence of sprinting is not always just speed, but how you deal with your lactic transition near the end of the swim. Everyone feels great off the blocks, everyone feels like the are paralyzed near the end. If you can practice how to react and compensate for the paralyzed feeling, you will not only go faster, you will win races. Keep the stroke together when you feel like your arms and legs are falling off. And remember that no race is won at the beginning, so don't try to impress everyone then. Build up, build up, build up.
Your posted workout is fine, but has no particular point. Many Masters practices are like this because of the wide array of swimmer types, ages and abilities in one pool at one time. If you want to be a sprinter, you must do sprint based work outs occasionally. The simplest way to do that in a team setting (and without making everyone around you mad) is to concentrate the end of practice on sprints. Instead of doing 120 swims, do 20s on the same interval as the 120, concentrating on the stroke technique and consistent speed.
The essence of sprinting is not always just speed, but how you deal with your lactic transition near the end of the swim. Everyone feels great off the blocks, everyone feels like the are paralyzed near the end. If you can practice how to react and compensate for the paralyzed feeling, you will not only go faster, you will win races. Keep the stroke together when you feel like your arms and legs are falling off. And remember that no race is won at the beginning, so don't try to impress everyone then. Build up, build up, build up.
