Hi. I'm a sheep wanting to become a wolf (goldfish wanting to become a shark?). I follow everyone else's workouts but secretly wonder about the science behind them. Since I am in my forties and sometimes need to dummy down the workouts and don't always get to swim the same number of times a week, I was wondering how to structure my workouts to get the most out of them. Obviously I warm up. I can do 2-3500 yards (time permitting). Fins?, Pull, different strokes? What is the zen, ying yang etc...???? thanks.
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Well, I have an advantage over some of the swimmers that swim alone since I swam as a kid. But coaching myself means I learn more things about swimming than I did as a kid when I had other people be responsible for my workouts. I did a workout of low yardage last week at 1,700 but I was trying to have some of an idea of what my speed was in the different strokes at a 50 yard sprint,so I sprint 4x 50's at race pace and did slow to moderate 200's in between and did 8 moderate speed 50's to finished the workout. The week before I did a very cardo condition workout at 3,500 yards.
Well, I have an advantage over some of the swimmers that swim alone since I swam as a kid. But coaching myself means I learn more things about swimming than I did as a kid when I had other people be responsible for my workouts. I did a workout of low yardage last week at 1,700 but I was trying to have some of an idea of what my speed was in the different strokes at a 50 yard sprint,so I sprint 4x 50's at race pace and did slow to moderate 200's in between and did 8 moderate speed 50's to finished the workout. The week before I did a very cardo condition workout at 3,500 yards.
