I saw this in a post: I will swim 200 laps in a 25 meter pool. All free style. Non stop. This is done in 3 phases , !st 64 laps is moderate speed 2nd 64 laps is distance the balance is for endurance.
My first reaction was WHY ? If you swim like this you will never know how good a swimmer you could be !
Reasons why.
1.- Your range of motion becomes less as your muscles fatigue and tighten up. This leads to the long, smooth stroke that your first few lengths have, deteriorating into a short, choppy survival stroke.
2.- You can only train one energy system, Aerobic, the anaerobic & lactic systems are untouched.
3.- You cannot improve your technique unless you use drills in a progressive manner.
4.- Why not put in some drills to check your technique. For example 10 strokes of head-up free every few lengths to check you hand entry ?
5.- By only doing Freestyle you are setting yourself up for injured shoulders, with all kinds of impingement problems.
6.-Where are the Kick sets and fly kick sets to improve core body strength and awareness ?
7.-What about the joys' of fly, back and
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I put together this poll to see how people out there are training.
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Response to Kim's "scintillating" reply. I too voted, Do what the coach tells me. My common comment at the pool is, "I did not come here to think, I came to swim!!!!" So towards that end, i let the coach tell me what to do. The only thing about that is, when i was in high school (coach Richard Quick) he did ALL the thinking. He called the workouts and told me when to take off on the interval time. All i had to do was show up. Back then the workouts were fairly simple too. No drills, no negative splits, no desending etc etc....blah blah blah. Now i still have trouble with the coach getting creative. Sometimes i get so confused in the workout that i just stop until i have figured the set out. Then swim like hell to catch up!!!!!!!!
But i love swimming......maybe some of the confusion is AGE related.....lol:D :D
Response to Kim's "scintillating" reply. I too voted, Do what the coach tells me. My common comment at the pool is, "I did not come here to think, I came to swim!!!!" So towards that end, i let the coach tell me what to do. The only thing about that is, when i was in high school (coach Richard Quick) he did ALL the thinking. He called the workouts and told me when to take off on the interval time. All i had to do was show up. Back then the workouts were fairly simple too. No drills, no negative splits, no desending etc etc....blah blah blah. Now i still have trouble with the coach getting creative. Sometimes i get so confused in the workout that i just stop until i have figured the set out. Then swim like hell to catch up!!!!!!!!
But i love swimming......maybe some of the confusion is AGE related.....lol:D :D
