Hi, I can't say I'm experienced swimmer. I used to swim at school for 4 years then I had a break for 20 years. A year ago I restored my trainings (now I'm 35). So now in about 2 weeks I'm going to participate in competitions (just a small club masters event). I would like to know if I should add smth to my trainings or to remove smth. I'm going to swim 2 distances - 50m freestyle and 50m breaststroke. I would appreciate any help. :)
I'm training 3 times a week, swimming for 1 hour in a 50m pool.
Here are my 3 last trainings just to give an idea where am I:
1) Warm up:
1х200m IM. Rest: 10sec /200m
Core:
4x100m Fly 3+3+3. Rest: 10sec/100m
4x100m Freestyle 6+6+6. Rest: 8sec/100m
8x50m Freestyle. @ 60sec.
6x50m Freestyle kickboard. All out. Rest: 20sec/50m
1x400m Breaststroke kickboard. Rest: 10sec/400m
1x200m Freestyle. Rest: 8sec
4x50m Breaststroke Pull with a pull buoy. Rest: 20 sec/50m
Warm down:
2х50m Breaststroke.
2x50m Freestyle.
Total: 2700m
2)Warm up:
1х200m Breaststroke. Rest: 8sec /200m
4х50m Free. Catch up drill. Rest: 8sec/50m
Core:
3x (100m Fly. fins/100m Back easy) Rest: 10sec /50m5х200m Free. fins. paddles. Rest: 15sec /100m
1x300m Fly. kickboard. fins. Rest: 8sec / 300m
1х300m Free. kickboard. fins. Rest: 8sec / 300m
4x50m Free. kickboard. fins. @ 1:00
Warm down:
1х200m Back.
Total: 3000m
3)Warm up:
2х100m ***. Rest: 8sec /100m
2х200m IM. Rest: 10sec / 200m
Core:
6 x(100m Free/100m Back). Rest: 10sec/ 100m
10x50m Free. 50/50 All out/Easy Rest: 30sec / 50m
10х50m ***. 50/50 All out/Easy Rest: 30sec / 50m
Warm down:
2х100m Back.
Total: 3000m
Thank you mates. I decided I will decrease a bit load for the last week just to check how it will affect my swimming and feeling of the water in general.
What is the problem in warming up with IM or fly? I'm not swimming pedal to the metal, just trying to feel good body position and wave created by the body. Before swimming I also do some warm up on a dry land.
BR with a pull-buoy indeed isn't easy, but I'm breaststroker so that's my fate to this one :D Adding fins would make it easier but that's kind of cheating and I want my back to work as well not only hands. When I was teenager we used to swim that exercise for 800m - I was dizzy after that :-D
Concerning starts: yes, I take every training about 10-20 min to work on starts and push-offs though my push-offs aren't good enough - about 8 - 9 yards only.
Thank you mates. I decided I will decrease a bit load for the last week just to check how it will affect my swimming and feeling of the water in general.
What is the problem in warming up with IM or fly? I'm not swimming pedal to the metal, just trying to feel good body position and wave created by the body. Before swimming I also do some warm up on a dry land.
BR with a pull-buoy indeed isn't easy, but I'm breaststroker so that's my fate to this one :D Adding fins would make it easier but that's kind of cheating and I want my back to work as well not only hands. When I was teenager we used to swim that exercise for 800m - I was dizzy after that :-D
Concerning starts: yes, I take every training about 10-20 min to work on starts and push-offs though my push-offs aren't good enough - about 8 - 9 yards only.
