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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I understand what you meant, but you should try and drop that down to 1:15. 1:20 seems a bit slow if you are going :53 in meets - really you should be able to hold between 1:05 and 1:10, especially if you are a distance swimmer. Maybe, I'm off on that, but I'm basing this off of my times, and base 100 time and that of my teammates.
Keep the sets at the length you have them. I was just giving you an idea for some shorter sets - pacing is key in a 500 and a 1000, but endurance is important, too. You need to work on both. I'd focus on E2 and E3 sets ....
Also work on turns, and streamlining off of them, the less you actually have to swim the better and less tired you'll be.
I understand what you meant, but you should try and drop that down to 1:15. 1:20 seems a bit slow if you are going :53 in meets - really you should be able to hold between 1:05 and 1:10, especially if you are a distance swimmer. Maybe, I'm off on that, but I'm basing this off of my times, and base 100 time and that of my teammates.
Keep the sets at the length you have them. I was just giving you an idea for some shorter sets - pacing is key in a 500 and a 1000, but endurance is important, too. You need to work on both. I'd focus on E2 and E3 sets ....
Also work on turns, and streamlining off of them, the less you actually have to swim the better and less tired you'll be.
