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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Ande - I want to drop my 100 training interval from 1:50 to 1:30. Currently I swim at 1:43 / 100 SCY on a continuous basis -for a "steady pace" over any distance up to 1000 yards. My current flat out 100 y from the wall is 1:15 - 90% effort is 1:20-25 Previous coaches have said that if my 90% effort is 1:20 then I should be able to do intervals on 1:40 - but I struggle to hit 1:50 when doing repeats with 10 sec rest.
I am 54 a former HS swimmer - not a great one. In HS I was easily hitting 1:30 intervals - top 100 time was just under 1:00. Top 50 was 26. Two years ago I swam a 29.3 with only about 5 mos of steady training. So I am wondering if I could even set some PRs in my 50s - I have much more muscle now than I did in HS - I was a skinny dork back then.
My training has been inconsistent but for the last month have been getting in the water 4 times a week and swimming between 2,800 and 3,500 yards. I train alone - no access to a coach or master's group at this time. If I just focus on time in the water / distance and swimming consistently 4 or more times a week - will that make a big impact or do I need to focus on specific work outs? Andy
Ande - I want to drop my 100 training interval from 1:50 to 1:30. Currently I swim at 1:43 / 100 SCY on a continuous basis -for a "steady pace" over any distance up to 1000 yards. My current flat out 100 y from the wall is 1:15 - 90% effort is 1:20-25 Previous coaches have said that if my 90% effort is 1:20 then I should be able to do intervals on 1:40 - but I struggle to hit 1:50 when doing repeats with 10 sec rest.
I am 54 a former HS swimmer - not a great one. In HS I was easily hitting 1:30 intervals - top 100 time was just under 1:00. Top 50 was 26. Two years ago I swam a 29.3 with only about 5 mos of steady training. So I am wondering if I could even set some PRs in my 50s - I have much more muscle now than I did in HS - I was a skinny dork back then.
My training has been inconsistent but for the last month have been getting in the water 4 times a week and swimming between 2,800 and 3,500 yards. I train alone - no access to a coach or master's group at this time. If I just focus on time in the water / distance and swimming consistently 4 or more times a week - will that make a big impact or do I need to focus on specific work outs? Andy
