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
congratulations on dropping 15 seconds
at 52.5 you still have a lot of room to improve
Your biggest improvements are going to come from improving your breastroke technique and timing.
Learning how and when to move your head, arms, torso and legs makes all the difference. I believe one the most important part of BR Str is the kick followed by a glide. The key to the kick is you want your arms to be out front and streamlined and your body to be level like when you push off the wall.
RIDE THE GLIDE
concentrate on learning perfect technique,
do some speed work, and
some strength work
keep us posted on your improvements,
Ande Rasmussen
Austin, TX
www.usms.org/.../toptenind.php
Good luck
congratulations on dropping 15 seconds
at 52.5 you still have a lot of room to improve
Your biggest improvements are going to come from improving your breastroke technique and timing.
Learning how and when to move your head, arms, torso and legs makes all the difference. I believe one the most important part of BR Str is the kick followed by a glide. The key to the kick is you want your arms to be out front and streamlined and your body to be level like when you push off the wall.
RIDE THE GLIDE
concentrate on learning perfect technique,
do some speed work, and
some strength work
keep us posted on your improvements,
Ande Rasmussen
Austin, TX
www.usms.org/.../toptenind.php
Good luck
