I am a 50+ (actually 60+) female, and I thought it might be interesting for some older folks to post some workouts. This is one I did today.
400 easy
8 X 50 IM order - 15 seconds rest. Odds are building, and evens are 25 max plus 25 easy.
5 X 300 - (100 IM + 100 free + 100 stroke - 15 seconds rest between each 100), 30 seconds rest between each 300. Descend times for each 300.
250 cool down
total: 2,550 yards.
Descending the times for the 300 yard sets made this workout challenging and interesting.
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That was an article I wrote. We had about 8 people use that paradigm to get to the point that they could do easy fly for nearly any distance - and another 15 or so get to where 200 fly was no big thang. Most of these were NOT people who had extensive swimming backgrounds but were Joe and Sally Normal Masters. We went to one meet where 6 of them entered and swam the 500 all fly - just cuz they could. One of them did the Hour swim all fly.
It worx.
The premise is that there is ButterFly and there is ButterStruggle and not much of a middle ground. Once your strokes deteriorate to anything less than nice ButterFly then switch to freestlye for awhile, then go bback for a few more good ButterFly strokes - but NO MATTER WHAT avoid swimming ButterStruggle - it is utterly and completely useless (at best) and dangerous (injuries) too boot.
I'll root around in my archives and see if I can drag the article and post it on my web site.
later - e -
That was an article I wrote. We had about 8 people use that paradigm to get to the point that they could do easy fly for nearly any distance - and another 15 or so get to where 200 fly was no big thang. Most of these were NOT people who had extensive swimming backgrounds but were Joe and Sally Normal Masters. We went to one meet where 6 of them entered and swam the 500 all fly - just cuz they could. One of them did the Hour swim all fly.
It worx.
The premise is that there is ButterFly and there is ButterStruggle and not much of a middle ground. Once your strokes deteriorate to anything less than nice ButterFly then switch to freestlye for awhile, then go bback for a few more good ButterFly strokes - but NO MATTER WHAT avoid swimming ButterStruggle - it is utterly and completely useless (at best) and dangerous (injuries) too boot.
I'll root around in my archives and see if I can drag the article and post it on my web site.
later - e -
