My local Y has 30 minute slots...obviously, one to a lane, and it is very hard to get a spot (you have to reserve 0-48 hours from your time slot, and they all get snapped up within 0-3 seconds). I am not exaggerating. I was managing to get in a few doubles, but then they banned those. I'm averaging about two swims a week, because you have to be lucky.
The upside is I have to be lean and mean. I don't swim non-stop and the most I can manage is about 1500. The 30 minutes is actually more like 28, since there is no gap between reservations.
So, what is a good workout for 30 minutes? I mostly swim for fitness, but I typically also do 3-4 meets a year and swim only 50s.
This looks great. However, I won't be able to do all that in 30 minutes. My personal (masters) best is high 27s for 50 yards and that was at 55 (62 now) and, of course, included a dive. Keeping a 31 second pace isn't going to happen.I totally get that ... if you did these as
50s on 1:00
100s on 1:45
150 on 2:30
Each round would take 9 minutes, meaning 3 rounds would be 27:00.
Not sure if those intervals would work, but you could throw on an intial warmup set of 3 x 50 on 1:00 for a 1,650 and that would be exactly 30 minutes.
Adjust as needed.
This looks great. However, I won't be able to do all that in 30 minutes. My personal (masters) best is high 27s for 50 yards and that was at 55 (62 now) and, of course, included a dive. Keeping a 31 second pace isn't going to happen.I totally get that ... if you did these as
50s on 1:00
100s on 1:45
150 on 2:30
Each round would take 9 minutes, meaning 3 rounds would be 27:00.
Not sure if those intervals would work, but you could throw on an intial warmup set of 3 x 50 on 1:00 for a 1,650 and that would be exactly 30 minutes.
Adjust as needed.
