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
Parents
Former Member
What I think most people forget about is recup time. We all push ourselves the the limits and maybe you started out a few days a week at first. Now though as you are stronger and a more consistent swimmer the days end up being anywhere from 6-7 days a week. It is very important for any athlete to have down time though. It is similar to running. Most runners know that at some point you just stop improving. Your body adjusts, but doesn' have time to build itself back up. That is why many good runners will have slow and easy work outs or even no workout days mixed in to the hard core days. What I am thinking is that maybe you need to pull pack a little in your training in order for your body to recover from all the break down. Try it. It couldn't hurt. Try for a balance between easy and hard workouts and maybe 2 days of cross-training mixed in. Also, rest atleast one day. After you do this for atleast 4 weeks tell me if you see any difference in your performance.
What I think most people forget about is recup time. We all push ourselves the the limits and maybe you started out a few days a week at first. Now though as you are stronger and a more consistent swimmer the days end up being anywhere from 6-7 days a week. It is very important for any athlete to have down time though. It is similar to running. Most runners know that at some point you just stop improving. Your body adjusts, but doesn' have time to build itself back up. That is why many good runners will have slow and easy work outs or even no workout days mixed in to the hard core days. What I am thinking is that maybe you need to pull pack a little in your training in order for your body to recover from all the break down. Try it. It couldn't hurt. Try for a balance between easy and hard workouts and maybe 2 days of cross-training mixed in. Also, rest atleast one day. After you do this for atleast 4 weeks tell me if you see any difference in your performance.
