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What do YOU need to do to have a major swimming breakthrough?"

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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? forums.usms.org/showthread.php
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  • just do a "MEET" in a couple of your practices and get some times so you have some sort of clue where you are. warm up and do a 50 for time on a watch warm down rest 15 minutes and do a 100 for time Ande Originally posted by Fred Johnson I am training alone (without a team) at the local YMCA. Not a fast pool but very close to my house. With kids and work, I have about an hour and 15 mins. from 5:45 am to 7:00 am 4-5 days per week. I get in about 3500 - 3700 scy per workout. I am 40, 6'0" and 199 (which I'd like to turn in to 185). I can hold 1:20 per 100 for 5 - 10 reps on the 1:35. I confess I haven't competed in a meet in 23 years. So my question is this: what are people doing to turn in qualifying times for nationals if qualifying is 24.00 (roughly) in the 50 free and a 54.00 (roughly) in the 100 free for my age group 40-44? I swam 50 flat as a 14 year old but that seems very far off right now. I want to enter a meet in San Antonio in June but am crawfishing because I have NO idea where I am competitively. Thoughts?
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  • just do a "MEET" in a couple of your practices and get some times so you have some sort of clue where you are. warm up and do a 50 for time on a watch warm down rest 15 minutes and do a 100 for time Ande Originally posted by Fred Johnson I am training alone (without a team) at the local YMCA. Not a fast pool but very close to my house. With kids and work, I have about an hour and 15 mins. from 5:45 am to 7:00 am 4-5 days per week. I get in about 3500 - 3700 scy per workout. I am 40, 6'0" and 199 (which I'd like to turn in to 185). I can hold 1:20 per 100 for 5 - 10 reps on the 1:35. I confess I haven't competed in a meet in 23 years. So my question is this: what are people doing to turn in qualifying times for nationals if qualifying is 24.00 (roughly) in the 50 free and a 54.00 (roughly) in the 100 free for my age group 40-44? I swam 50 flat as a 14 year old but that seems very far off right now. I want to enter a meet in San Antonio in June but am crawfishing because I have NO idea where I am competitively. Thoughts?
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