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
Simply do this.
Warmup. Include a few easy sprints to get the muscles awake.
8-12x25 yard sprints. Full recovery between each, so no interval. And I mean full recovery - each repeat should be absolutely full out as if you were swimming a race. Go as if the Devil himself were chasing you!
If possible do each one off the blocks. Buy a cheap finger stop watch to get accurate times if there isn't a coach around.
If you want to do a fast 50, that requires a lot of very intense, short, 100% efforts. A lot of folks think they are sprinting, but their training pace is around 75-90% of their best times. That won't do the trick in my opinion. You must train your body to go full out.
Simply do this.
Warmup. Include a few easy sprints to get the muscles awake.
8-12x25 yard sprints. Full recovery between each, so no interval. And I mean full recovery - each repeat should be absolutely full out as if you were swimming a race. Go as if the Devil himself were chasing you!
If possible do each one off the blocks. Buy a cheap finger stop watch to get accurate times if there isn't a coach around.
If you want to do a fast 50, that requires a lot of very intense, short, 100% efforts. A lot of folks think they are sprinting, but their training pace is around 75-90% of their best times. That won't do the trick in my opinion. You must train your body to go full out.
