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
where are you now
how have you been training
where do you hope to be
I think I will give it a try. Since I set my new goals according to your swim faster faster tip, I will propably need a lot of help on my way there.
So, where am I now?
Currently, I am at a 35.72 PB for the 50br but it seems as I could only reproduce 36.80-36.83 if I try hard. When I swam the 35, I was totaly in my mental "zone" swimming like in trance.
How am I training?
Currently I am training 4-5 times a week. Next monday I will start a high intensive 18 weeks calisthenics/running schedule for dryland training. In the summer I will also spend 6 weeks with a intensive weight training schedule.
Where do I hope to be?
Well, the big goal is to make national squad times by 2008. This would mean with a look at the age group I will be in by 2008 that I have to swim that 50br in around 28 secs.
To make it more realistic and more motivating I broke it down into several goals having one for the end of each year.
This means I will swim a 34 by the end of this year, a 32 by the end of next year, a 30 by the end of 2007 and then finaly a 28 by the end of 2008.
I hope you can give me some help with this. My swim buddy whom I told this thinks I am crazy (if he hasn't thought that before) and also offered me a vacation at his expense. One more reasons to make it till 2008. As the mental thing now is set and for me, there is no doubt I will make the times of my dream when I want to swim them, the hard work starts.
Originally posted by ande
where are you now
how have you been training
where do you hope to be
I think I will give it a try. Since I set my new goals according to your swim faster faster tip, I will propably need a lot of help on my way there.
So, where am I now?
Currently, I am at a 35.72 PB for the 50br but it seems as I could only reproduce 36.80-36.83 if I try hard. When I swam the 35, I was totaly in my mental "zone" swimming like in trance.
How am I training?
Currently I am training 4-5 times a week. Next monday I will start a high intensive 18 weeks calisthenics/running schedule for dryland training. In the summer I will also spend 6 weeks with a intensive weight training schedule.
Where do I hope to be?
Well, the big goal is to make national squad times by 2008. This would mean with a look at the age group I will be in by 2008 that I have to swim that 50br in around 28 secs.
To make it more realistic and more motivating I broke it down into several goals having one for the end of each year.
This means I will swim a 34 by the end of this year, a 32 by the end of next year, a 30 by the end of 2007 and then finaly a 28 by the end of 2008.
I hope you can give me some help with this. My swim buddy whom I told this thinks I am crazy (if he hasn't thought that before) and also offered me a vacation at his expense. One more reasons to make it till 2008. As the mental thing now is set and for me, there is no doubt I will make the times of my dream when I want to swim them, the hard work starts.
