I'm a Speed Freak through and through. :D
Uh, no, not that kind of Speed.
I'm talking about 25 and 50 meter freestyle type of speed. There is nothing I want more than a low, low 20 second 50 SCM.
Any good workouts?
Just the idea of swimmng anything beyond 100m makes me ill. All of you long distance swimmers are truely nuts. You should seek medical help.
I've only trained/ swimmed competatively for 2 months and I know my lungs are way out of shape. Maybe that's why I like the shorter distances. Currently my best 25m time is 11.3 sec and my best 50 SCM is 26 sec.
Danke
Nancy,
I think whats important is to be clear as to what the goal is here.......if its to simply try and develop more speed but maintain your focus on distance events then your program makes sense.
If on the other hand you really want to move over to the "dark side" and focus on the 50/100 as your primary events (something everyone should try for one season....in my opinion) then you would need to change quite a few things:
- dryland strength training
- race pace workout training 1-2x a week with long rest intervals, such as 5 x 50 @ 3:00 from the blocks
- lots of meets swimming these events, hard to prep for these events without racing them a lot.
- mental prep; seems obvious, but improvements/winning/setting records in these events depend on not making a single mistake, most of the time the mental side is where people blow it.
Good luck!
Nancy,
I think whats important is to be clear as to what the goal is here.......if its to simply try and develop more speed but maintain your focus on distance events then your program makes sense.
If on the other hand you really want to move over to the "dark side" and focus on the 50/100 as your primary events (something everyone should try for one season....in my opinion) then you would need to change quite a few things:
- dryland strength training
- race pace workout training 1-2x a week with long rest intervals, such as 5 x 50 @ 3:00 from the blocks
- lots of meets swimming these events, hard to prep for these events without racing them a lot.
- mental prep; seems obvious, but improvements/winning/setting records in these events depend on not making a single mistake, most of the time the mental side is where people blow it.
Good luck!
