Hi there,
I have twelve weeks left to train for an important meet and I want to set up a traning plan for my events which would be the 100 and 200 free, the 100 fly and, I'm dropping the bomb here, the 200 fly LCM :help:
I'm not a coach though and I would like to learn what kind of sets I should swim, what kind of workout to do on the different days of the week and how to ramp up before tapering.
Any suggestions?
Thanks :)
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Wow, I wish my mom could swim the 200 fly :bump:
:D I'm probably a few years younger than your mom, but its never too late! - I was 26 or 27, I think when I swam my first 200 fly, did it for a couple of years, then had kids, but still kept swimming on & off, just not so much fly.
Looking at the ask Ande thread, your times are pretty comparable to what mine were back then. What I will say is that you need to do plenty of core work, in the last 4 weeks since I started my 200 fly quest, I have noticed a huge difference. I have dropped at least 1 stroke per 25 yds on fly. Back in the day I didn't do a lot of core work and my arms would feel awful when training fly, so I'd revert to freestyle. Now I can feel my core muscles seeing me through to the end of the length, and its helping my freestyle as well.
I will also say (others may think differently though) that the 200 fly is a totally different event than the other 3. Freestyle events and the 100 fly can be finished on sheer willpower, for the 200 fly you need to keep your stroke, and baseed on your times, you need to keep it very aerobic. Check out the "what not to do" videos!
Wow, I wish my mom could swim the 200 fly :bump:
:D I'm probably a few years younger than your mom, but its never too late! - I was 26 or 27, I think when I swam my first 200 fly, did it for a couple of years, then had kids, but still kept swimming on & off, just not so much fly.
Looking at the ask Ande thread, your times are pretty comparable to what mine were back then. What I will say is that you need to do plenty of core work, in the last 4 weeks since I started my 200 fly quest, I have noticed a huge difference. I have dropped at least 1 stroke per 25 yds on fly. Back in the day I didn't do a lot of core work and my arms would feel awful when training fly, so I'd revert to freestyle. Now I can feel my core muscles seeing me through to the end of the length, and its helping my freestyle as well.
I will also say (others may think differently though) that the 200 fly is a totally different event than the other 3. Freestyle events and the 100 fly can be finished on sheer willpower, for the 200 fly you need to keep your stroke, and baseed on your times, you need to keep it very aerobic. Check out the "what not to do" videos!
