i have been swimming for about a year. 4000-4500 yards per swim 3-4 times a week, mostly 4 times. i have swam in 4 meets and have a scy meet coming up at the end of june. a three day meet, sat- mon. there is a lcm meet i want to attend one week before. will a swim the week before hurt my performance the following week?
the 3 day event i will be swimming 200, 100 and 50 free, 200 im, 100 bk and 50 back.
at the vegas lcm, one day meet i am thinking about doing the 50 fly, 100 back, 50 free and 200 im. fly and ind med are not my best events so i want the practice.
i am now starting to cut my yardage to about 3000-3500 yrds per session. trying to push faster and keeping the repeats heavy at 120 yards some 200 and a few 40-60 yrd sprints. 45% back 45% free 10% fly and ind med work. after a year i can't believe how poor my endurance is. should i stop playing racquetball and stop lifting or just cut back? i think i am over analyzing this stuff but i do want to be fast.
this tapper thing i do not fully grasp. what else should i be doing?
my times are not what i want. i suppose most people feel this way.
i have swam in 2 scy meets this year
50 free 27.?
100 free 1:01.?
200 free 2:19.?
100 im 1:16.?
100 back 1:23.?
way off from high school glory days. especially the back stroke time.
a long way to go to be fast.
i think i will use the strategy of swimming 20's at the pace for a 58 sec 100 time, 11.5 secs per 20. the pace to keep with 1 min rest between. i can see how this will help my feel for the race but swimming short like this with such long rests can't be good for my actual event, can it?
5-6 days in the pool is the goal but my wife won't share the goal.
i will go ahead and embarrass myself and post the times for my next competitions.
thanks for the advise i hope to implement some of the ideas. especially the extended rest.
my times are not what i want. i suppose most people feel this way.
i have swam in 2 scy meets this year
50 free 27.?
100 free 1:01.?
200 free 2:19.?
100 im 1:16.?
100 back 1:23.?
way off from high school glory days. especially the back stroke time.
a long way to go to be fast.
i think i will use the strategy of swimming 20's at the pace for a 58 sec 100 time, 11.5 secs per 20. the pace to keep with 1 min rest between. i can see how this will help my feel for the race but swimming short like this with such long rests can't be good for my actual event, can it?
5-6 days in the pool is the goal but my wife won't share the goal.
i will go ahead and embarrass myself and post the times for my next competitions.
thanks for the advise i hope to implement some of the ideas. especially the extended rest.
