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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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  • doesn't anyone wanna break through? ande YOU BET I DO, Ande! My main goal for this year are to go 4:55 in the 500, but am looking for PBs in the rest of my events. Haven't yet gotten under 5 (was a 5:01 high at '05 scy nats, :03 last year), but I figure if I set the bar high, I can "disappoint" myself with a 4:59.99. Injury free year for the first time since 04. Been working hard, playing ice hockey for extra cardio and crosstraining. Its been a good training year - i've been able to consistently hold under 1:05s on 100s; sub 1:07s on 200s and right about 1:09s on 300s in practice throughout the winter/spring. Sprint 100s have been under :59 (as low as :57) all year, which is something that has been difficult in the past. we've been doing a test set of 75s throughout the year, every other wednesday, and I've been at :42 for the last 3 weeks. I feel like my stroke is holding together a lot better at the end of a 500 than it used to. :groovy:
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  • doesn't anyone wanna break through? ande YOU BET I DO, Ande! My main goal for this year are to go 4:55 in the 500, but am looking for PBs in the rest of my events. Haven't yet gotten under 5 (was a 5:01 high at '05 scy nats, :03 last year), but I figure if I set the bar high, I can "disappoint" myself with a 4:59.99. Injury free year for the first time since 04. Been working hard, playing ice hockey for extra cardio and crosstraining. Its been a good training year - i've been able to consistently hold under 1:05s on 100s; sub 1:07s on 200s and right about 1:09s on 300s in practice throughout the winter/spring. Sprint 100s have been under :59 (as low as :57) all year, which is something that has been difficult in the past. we've been doing a test set of 75s throughout the year, every other wednesday, and I've been at :42 for the last 3 weeks. I feel like my stroke is holding together a lot better at the end of a 500 than it used to. :groovy:
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