One topic of great interest to us all is
"What do you need to do to have a major swimming breakthrough?"
"What do you need to do to significantly improve your swimming times over one season?"
Do you have any specific, nitty gritty type suggestions.
I think it's really easy to fall into ruts, to just show up and go through the motions rather than seizing the moment while we train.
Any one have any thoughts on what we need to do to significantly improve?
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Originally posted by ande
How many times a week are you training? Six.
How far do you go in each practice? 3000 (I only have an hour on weekdays).
How hard and fast do you go? I reach close to max HR on race pace sets, but I might be doing too much endurance and not enough speed work.
Do you have any training partners who are as good or better than you? No.
Are you splitting your race correctly? Lately my 500s have been evenly split, maybe going out too slow.
did you taper? Sort of. Sets with more rest. No weights.
did you shave? No.
are you wearing a fast skin body suit in races? Legskin.
how good was the pool you swam in? Pretty fast, I think.
how psyched were you before and during your race? More nervous than psyched.
are you making any technique mistakes you could improve? Definitely (two beat crossover kick, for one, if you consider that a mistake).
how close are you to your ideal body weight? Pretty much there, I think.
how strong are you? Could be stronger, but working on it.
Originally posted by ande
How many times a week are you training? Six.
How far do you go in each practice? 3000 (I only have an hour on weekdays).
How hard and fast do you go? I reach close to max HR on race pace sets, but I might be doing too much endurance and not enough speed work.
Do you have any training partners who are as good or better than you? No.
Are you splitting your race correctly? Lately my 500s have been evenly split, maybe going out too slow.
did you taper? Sort of. Sets with more rest. No weights.
did you shave? No.
are you wearing a fast skin body suit in races? Legskin.
how good was the pool you swam in? Pretty fast, I think.
how psyched were you before and during your race? More nervous than psyched.
are you making any technique mistakes you could improve? Definitely (two beat crossover kick, for one, if you consider that a mistake).
how close are you to your ideal body weight? Pretty much there, I think.
how strong are you? Could be stronger, but working on it.
