Hi everyone,
I'm looking for ideas for near/medium/long term goals to set for myself.
I'm 28 and got back into swimming about 5 months ago. Previously I swam for a club team when I was 12. I swim by myself and get in to the pool 4x a week and run 2-3x a week (on off days). A typical workout for me is 3x500 freestyle and then a couple hundred in kicking.
I would like to get a lot faster and swim a lot farther. Swimming as fast as I can, I manage a 34 second 50. I swim a 500 in ~11 min. I can breathe bilaterally and do flip turns in my freestyle sets (it took me a few months to get those into my workouts because I didn't have the cardiovascular system to handle both for a long time).
What are some milestones that you've set for yourself? What skills/times should a beginner be able to accomplish? How about an intermediate swimmer?
Thanks,
Nick
There is a great section of workouts in the forum, check it out!
You can scale back the number of reps and intervals to whatever you need but still stay with the general idea of the workout. You could also visit the Blog area of this site. Most swimmers post their daily workouts in their blogs. You can find simple and easy workouts (like mine) or borrow from USMS National Champions who post on a regular basis.
Also check out Ande's blog and postings; he has several threads on this forum that give wonderful information on almost any swim topic you could think of.
Have fun!
There is a great section of workouts in the forum, check it out!
You can scale back the number of reps and intervals to whatever you need but still stay with the general idea of the workout. You could also visit the Blog area of this site. Most swimmers post their daily workouts in their blogs. You can find simple and easy workouts (like mine) or borrow from USMS National Champions who post on a regular basis.
Also check out Ande's blog and postings; he has several threads on this forum that give wonderful information on almost any swim topic you could think of.
Have fun!
