What is your typical warmup for a session or a race?
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I know this is a very newbie question, and there is ample info in swim books/sites about this, but I'd love to hear from REAL SWIMMERS like you, thank you very much.
What works for you?
Lately I've been doing a series of 200m to 25m swims, usually totalling 800m, as a warmup.
Example: 2x200m + 2x100m + 2x50m + 4x25m, starting very easy, ending at "fast" pace.
In the future I hope to incorporate drills into the warmup, but I don't have a clue yet. :)
I was doing a bit longer warmup with some aerobic until my last meet when I realized I am a sprinter now and probably don't need aerobic. So I basically did prior to every session:
200 fr
200 IM k
8x50 k/dr dr/sw :50
4x25 variable speed :30
50 EZ
2 starts
100 EZ
Then before every race I'd do 200 fr/bk x50, then 100-150 with sprint drills (heads-up free, back with dolphin kick, UDK work, *** progressions, etc depending on the race).
I was doing a bit longer warmup with some aerobic until my last meet when I realized I am a sprinter now and probably don't need aerobic. So I basically did prior to every session:
200 fr
200 IM k
8x50 k/dr dr/sw :50
4x25 variable speed :30
50 EZ
2 starts
100 EZ
Then before every race I'd do 200 fr/bk x50, then 100-150 with sprint drills (heads-up free, back with dolphin kick, UDK work, *** progressions, etc depending on the race).
