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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hey everyone,
I feel like i've just had a breakthrough. It all started yesterday evening. While editing a videoclip I used a song called "Top of the world" by Van Halen. Somehow the song and its lyrics ("nothing's gonna stop me - nothing's gonna scary me") got me into IPS. Luckily I could transfer a good deal of this feeling into today's workout and it really made a difference.
Right at the begining during warmup I felt like I was going faster than before and much more effortless. During the training I could keep this feeling and I was always bumpin' into the swimmer right in front of me, although I gave them a good headstart every turn. (In a 10x50's on a minute I would not start until passed the middle of the pool, sprint down until I had to stop a few meters from the wall to avoid bumpin' into their turn, wait again until they passed 15 meter mark and then sprint again and finish right with them).
And I also could set a much faster cruise pace on the 18x100's we did today than I was ever able to set even with much less 100's. By the end of the workout I was really getting tired and had to fight to finish the sets and keep my technique acceptable but in the end, I feel like I've gotten a great workout today. I hope I can save this feeling for my future workouts because I feel like this is the kind of workout I need if I wanna make national squad times by 2008.
hey everyone,
I feel like i've just had a breakthrough. It all started yesterday evening. While editing a videoclip I used a song called "Top of the world" by Van Halen. Somehow the song and its lyrics ("nothing's gonna stop me - nothing's gonna scary me") got me into IPS. Luckily I could transfer a good deal of this feeling into today's workout and it really made a difference.
Right at the begining during warmup I felt like I was going faster than before and much more effortless. During the training I could keep this feeling and I was always bumpin' into the swimmer right in front of me, although I gave them a good headstart every turn. (In a 10x50's on a minute I would not start until passed the middle of the pool, sprint down until I had to stop a few meters from the wall to avoid bumpin' into their turn, wait again until they passed 15 meter mark and then sprint again and finish right with them).
And I also could set a much faster cruise pace on the 18x100's we did today than I was ever able to set even with much less 100's. By the end of the workout I was really getting tired and had to fight to finish the sets and keep my technique acceptable but in the end, I feel like I've gotten a great workout today. I hope I can save this feeling for my future workouts because I feel like this is the kind of workout I need if I wanna make national squad times by 2008.
