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After prolonged layoff, re-swimming--discussion on common issues with gaining form

dinicti
over 3 years ago

I restarted a couple of months ago after several months and minimal swimming.  My times are off, but besides overall fitness and 'feel for the water' I wondered what others thought were issues they had to work on to resuming swimming and re-gaining form?  This would hopefully help us focus on parts that would quickly help us re-gain form.  Focus for me is free (limited pool time), I feel like my fitness is back as well as being pre-pandemic weight, but my times are still off 3-4 secs/100.  Thanks

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  • over 2 years ago

    Thanks for the comments.  I still am off, time wise.  I do not do much fly (only as part of IM), which I enjoy (I like going fast) because of the short amount of pool time and recovery takes too long.  I then considered, that my speed is off perhaps because I hardly do short speed work, and if I did (which I use to do) it would improve.  Or I am still off on my fitness or feel for water (it was my wt., but not anymore).  IDK, but I miss my old speed. 

  • over 2 years ago in reply to dinicti

    If you have limited pool time and are concerned about speed, you may want to consider race pace training. Even though your volume will be lower, training a race pace will still give you a great workout at a higher intensity.

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  • over 2 years ago in reply to dinicti

    If you have limited pool time and are concerned about speed, you may want to consider race pace training. Even though your volume will be lower, training a race pace will still give you a great workout at a higher intensity.

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