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
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I agree with Paul. If you are going to focus on sprinting you aren't going to get it from most of the masters workouts I 've gone to. You need to focus on strength (not just dryland but also in the water), speed, and breathing.
Strength, I am talking about workouts where you break out the torture devices and stuff like that. I remember doing 2 workouts a week where all I would do was strap a belt on that was hooked to a weight rack. Push off and swim as hard as you can pulling the weight until they hit the top of the rack and float back. I would do 3 sets of 10 reps on like a minute. Stuff like that is what is going to really make you pop. You can't get that at a masters workout. You can't get that many places. But if you really want to be a "sprinter", you need something like it.
Speed, lots of speed work with fins. sets of 25's usually breathless on 30 where you come in under 10. Tubes connected to belt with partner pulling you. Things where you get the feel for flying.
Breathing, my favorite set was 10x50 @1:00 no breaths trying to come in under :25 for each.
The fact is you have to want to hurt yourself in a different way than the D freaks want to hurt themselves by doing countles 500's.
Good luck. I can't sprint (came in and registered to find some swim specific dryland ideas) because of too much tri specific swimming but after this season I plan to splash around a little more. This is what I plan to do. But not expecting anything spectacular. I am old.
I agree with Paul. If you are going to focus on sprinting you aren't going to get it from most of the masters workouts I 've gone to. You need to focus on strength (not just dryland but also in the water), speed, and breathing.
Strength, I am talking about workouts where you break out the torture devices and stuff like that. I remember doing 2 workouts a week where all I would do was strap a belt on that was hooked to a weight rack. Push off and swim as hard as you can pulling the weight until they hit the top of the rack and float back. I would do 3 sets of 10 reps on like a minute. Stuff like that is what is going to really make you pop. You can't get that at a masters workout. You can't get that many places. But if you really want to be a "sprinter", you need something like it.
Speed, lots of speed work with fins. sets of 25's usually breathless on 30 where you come in under 10. Tubes connected to belt with partner pulling you. Things where you get the feel for flying.
Breathing, my favorite set was 10x50 @1:00 no breaths trying to come in under :25 for each.
The fact is you have to want to hurt yourself in a different way than the D freaks want to hurt themselves by doing countles 500's.
Good luck. I can't sprint (came in and registered to find some swim specific dryland ideas) because of too much tri specific swimming but after this season I plan to splash around a little more. This is what I plan to do. But not expecting anything spectacular. I am old.
