When I used to run, some days were awesome, some were tough. Sometimes when I swim 4 days straight, I get better. Today I felt sloppy, no rhythm on freestyle, hips were tired. Ugghh. Does anyone else experience that? Do you plug on through or cut it short? I'm betting most get through the workout.
I would say that I feel crappy on the vast majority of my workouts. But, that's fine because it's part of the process. On the flip side, I feel great at the vast majority of my competitions.
When I was younger and particularly in university, I was a great workout swimmer ... but struggled to translate that same greatness when it came to competition.
Now, as a Masters swimmer, I'd say I'm an OK workout swimmer, but a GREAT competition swimmer. I like it better this way.
But, renie, back to your exchange with Calvin, I do a blend on the same and different. I almost always do pretty much the same warmup:
1 x 400: IM kick drill
4 x 100: free descend
4 x 100: IM kick descend
6 x 50: #1 and #6 easy, #2 to #5 IM order fast
By doing this same warmup every day, I get some early indicators as to how I feel, where my body is and what my body needs. Like Calvin, I come into the pool each day with a main set or two, but, if my warmup "feel" or performance indicates I should be doing something else, I'll switch it up.
Also, I really like to idea of doing 1-2 test sets each week, as this is another way to judge my progress in training, but also helps me to calibrate my training plan.
I would say that I feel crappy on the vast majority of my workouts. But, that's fine because it's part of the process. On the flip side, I feel great at the vast majority of my competitions.
When I was younger and particularly in university, I was a great workout swimmer ... but struggled to translate that same greatness when it came to competition.
Now, as a Masters swimmer, I'd say I'm an OK workout swimmer, but a GREAT competition swimmer. I like it better this way.
But, renie, back to your exchange with Calvin, I do a blend on the same and different. I almost always do pretty much the same warmup:
1 x 400: IM kick drill
4 x 100: free descend
4 x 100: IM kick descend
6 x 50: #1 and #6 easy, #2 to #5 IM order fast
By doing this same warmup every day, I get some early indicators as to how I feel, where my body is and what my body needs. Like Calvin, I come into the pool each day with a main set or two, but, if my warmup "feel" or performance indicates I should be doing something else, I'll switch it up.
Also, I really like to idea of doing 1-2 test sets each week, as this is another way to judge my progress in training, but also helps me to calibrate my training plan.
