Hey outthere,
I'm a 16yrs old youth and I'm currently working on some workouts to help me improving my time on 50m ***.
Regardless of some people warning me about it, I am selfcoaching and it seems to work as I cut off my 50 *** time by at least 15 secs. (I started with 1:08s in early Dec and just reached the 52,5secs yesterday)
As I usually go to the pool twice a week I would like to create a set of 4 different workouts with different focuses (endurance, sprint, technique e.g.) to avoid a routine and continue on going down the time ladder.
I already made up two workouts but also they seem to work as I can complete them fairly well if some on really knows some thing about the subject could have a look over them for me and correct them as nessacary and also help me with the rest of the workouts.
Btw I recently read that doing a lot of breaststroke isn't that good for the knees. Is that right? Does it mean that I should do less breaststroke in my workouts?
Thanks for ya help
Matthias
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Originally posted by jean sterling
Too much breaststroke can be hard on the knees. Even *** specialists will do other strokes in their workouts.
So, what would it mean for the workout, something like 50% *** and 50% different strokes?
I am assuming your times are meters?
yes, they are.
And you have to be REAL strong to sprint a good 50 meters.
So should I concentrate on strenght training first rather than on swimming? I usually have 3 strenght workouts a week and I think about a bit of cycling when it gets warmer outside to workout my legs.
thanks for your answers
matthias
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Former Member
Originally posted by jean sterling
Too much breaststroke can be hard on the knees. Even *** specialists will do other strokes in their workouts.
So, what would it mean for the workout, something like 50% *** and 50% different strokes?
I am assuming your times are meters?
yes, they are.
And you have to be REAL strong to sprint a good 50 meters.
So should I concentrate on strenght training first rather than on swimming? I usually have 3 strenght workouts a week and I think about a bit of cycling when it gets warmer outside to workout my legs.
thanks for your answers
matthias
