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?
Your times are: 50, 100 & 200 free 27.?, 1:01.?, & 2:19.?, 100 im 1:16.?, & 100 back 1:23.?
What's your age? Height? & Weight?
OK now that I've seen your times & since you're mainly swimming 50's & 100's and seem to fall off pretty bad in the 200, my suggestions are:
+ Concentrate on SPEED, both swimming & kicking
warm up easy with perfect form
then mainly do fast 15's & 25's with plenty of rest,
also do a few fast 50's & 75s
plus Race your events once or twice a week.
also do some easy speed & negative split swims
at this point, you don't have much time, don't worry about doing aerobic training and building fitness for your 200's, and anything you do for that will make your 50's & 100's slower
When racing 200's
on the first 100 use
easy speed, breathe a LOT, save your legs,
do a 2 beat kick on free & small easy kicks on fly in the IM,
conserve your energy for the 2nd 100 especially for that last fast 50
for backstroke, work on great form, fast arms, & Streamline Dolphin Kicking
keep lifting to get stronger
don't worry about your glory days one day these will be the good old days
don't worry that you have a "long way to go" just be
what you are, where you are, and focus on improving
you asked: swimming short like this with such long rests can't be good for my actual event, can it?
YES, surprisingly anything you do to train and prepare for your meet will help.
focus on sprints and speed
keep your wife happy, Swim when you can, tell her you want get in better shape, have a healthy heart, so you can do fun things with her and dance with her at your great grand childrens weddings
implement the ideas, especially the ones from:
Help! My (___) is Horrible!
also consider Build a Fortress of Speed & Strength
Train hard and smart,
post your times from your competitions.
Good luck,
Your times are: 50, 100 & 200 free 27.?, 1:01.?, & 2:19.?, 100 im 1:16.?, & 100 back 1:23.?
What's your age? Height? & Weight?
OK now that I've seen your times & since you're mainly swimming 50's & 100's and seem to fall off pretty bad in the 200, my suggestions are:
+ Concentrate on SPEED, both swimming & kicking
warm up easy with perfect form
then mainly do fast 15's & 25's with plenty of rest,
also do a few fast 50's & 75s
plus Race your events once or twice a week.
also do some easy speed & negative split swims
at this point, you don't have much time, don't worry about doing aerobic training and building fitness for your 200's, and anything you do for that will make your 50's & 100's slower
When racing 200's
on the first 100 use
easy speed, breathe a LOT, save your legs,
do a 2 beat kick on free & small easy kicks on fly in the IM,
conserve your energy for the 2nd 100 especially for that last fast 50
for backstroke, work on great form, fast arms, & Streamline Dolphin Kicking
keep lifting to get stronger
don't worry about your glory days one day these will be the good old days
don't worry that you have a "long way to go" just be
what you are, where you are, and focus on improving
you asked: swimming short like this with such long rests can't be good for my actual event, can it?
YES, surprisingly anything you do to train and prepare for your meet will help.
focus on sprints and speed
keep your wife happy, Swim when you can, tell her you want get in better shape, have a healthy heart, so you can do fun things with her and dance with her at your great grand childrens weddings
implement the ideas, especially the ones from:
Help! My (___) is Horrible!
also consider Build a Fortress of Speed & Strength
Train hard and smart,
post your times from your competitions.
Good luck,
