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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Now, that's taking the "quality over quantity" thing to the extreme!
You only ever swam 50 yards per workout and went a 21 second 50 free? That is truly astounding.
Sort of. Getting to 22 seconds took years of high yardage training. And I think that my weight workouts were just as important as what I did in the pool, although those were also very low volume.
It's astounding by the standards of traditional swimming training, but I was thinking logically and using my knowledge about physiology, psychology, and adaptation. I know that muscles are what moves us through the water, so bigger muscles should mean faster swimming. I also know that to improve at a skill, you only have to practice that specific skill. I wanted to improve my 50 free, so I practiced swimming the 50 free.
P.S. Are you from Husky Masters? I'm from WWU, and I swam with a couple Huskies on relays this weekend.
Now, that's taking the "quality over quantity" thing to the extreme!
You only ever swam 50 yards per workout and went a 21 second 50 free? That is truly astounding.
Sort of. Getting to 22 seconds took years of high yardage training. And I think that my weight workouts were just as important as what I did in the pool, although those were also very low volume.
It's astounding by the standards of traditional swimming training, but I was thinking logically and using my knowledge about physiology, psychology, and adaptation. I know that muscles are what moves us through the water, so bigger muscles should mean faster swimming. I also know that to improve at a skill, you only have to practice that specific skill. I wanted to improve my 50 free, so I practiced swimming the 50 free.
P.S. Are you from Husky Masters? I'm from WWU, and I swam with a couple Huskies on relays this weekend.
