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?
first practice since i have read some of the advice. i went to the big boy pool, scy. it took a couple hundred yards to get acclimated to the extended yards. i swam 3000 yrds of broken 200's lots of 25's and 50's, lots of drills especially with butterfly. it felt good to swim freestyle 25's at race pace. right now their is no way i can keep the pace for 100's after the fly drills the 75's were allot easier and doable. back stroke technique and times are getting better but still stinks. arm speed is like a wind mill with little wind.
thanks for the help. i will stay on this taper as i understand it for the next two weeks.
first practice since i have read some of the advice. i went to the big boy pool, scy. it took a couple hundred yards to get acclimated to the extended yards. i swam 3000 yrds of broken 200's lots of 25's and 50's, lots of drills especially with butterfly. it felt good to swim freestyle 25's at race pace. right now their is no way i can keep the pace for 100's after the fly drills the 75's were allot easier and doable. back stroke technique and times are getting better but still stinks. arm speed is like a wind mill with little wind.
thanks for the help. i will stay on this taper as i understand it for the next two weeks.
