I have talked to people and they say things like "yeah but once im tapered ill lose another 4 seconds or such"
I searched through the forums and didnt see much explaining what tapering is except that it is a rested period before a meet.
Last year i consistently swam 1 12s (100 scy ***) and then i tapered for almost my last two weeks to get my best time before the last meet of the season. But i ended up gaining a second in that meet and swam a 1 13...
so what kind of sets are you supposed to do while tapering? when we tapered as a team we swam short yards on long intervals... like 50s on the 2 minutes. I was tlaking to a couple kids today about their tapering and they said they do hard sets but a lot of rest between sets to build your pace up.. like 100s on the 1 15 but after the set, rest for like 10 minutes and then the day before the meet you do like one small hard set and then rest.
The kid i was talkign to ended up dropping like 4-5 seconds off a 100 after tapering...
So really my question is what kind of sets are you supposed to do for tapering? and is tapering SUPPOSED to quicken your time? cause to me it seems i swim the best the day after i have a really long hard practice
Originally posted by Fuzzimoto
so are you supposed to do sets like 5 50s on the 2:00? or sets like 5 50s on the 35 and then rest for like 10 minutes?
Depends on the workouts you are doing and is best for YOUR taper.
When I was younger we would swim intense workouts of 15,000 to 23,000 a day with hard sets that averaged 1 minute interval per 100 yard. We also did weights for endurance (3 X 20 reps ) and run 5 miles.
Our taper would last at least 2-3 weeks and by the last few days we would have dropped down to 1200 yards at most with sprints. I was a 100-200 yard swimmer.
Now 20 years later I am back to swimming less than a year and my training and taper are going to be much different. I swim 2000-4500 yards now. I will probably stop weights 1-2 weeks before my meet and swim only 800-1500 those same last 2 weeks- I don't have as much conditioning built up or resting to do so I figure I would need to keep the ratio of distance up or I will lose too much feel for the water and strength.
What type of workouts do you do?
What are your events?
Hope this helps.
Originally posted by Fuzzimoto
so are you supposed to do sets like 5 50s on the 2:00? or sets like 5 50s on the 35 and then rest for like 10 minutes?
Depends on the workouts you are doing and is best for YOUR taper.
When I was younger we would swim intense workouts of 15,000 to 23,000 a day with hard sets that averaged 1 minute interval per 100 yard. We also did weights for endurance (3 X 20 reps ) and run 5 miles.
Our taper would last at least 2-3 weeks and by the last few days we would have dropped down to 1200 yards at most with sprints. I was a 100-200 yard swimmer.
Now 20 years later I am back to swimming less than a year and my training and taper are going to be much different. I swim 2000-4500 yards now. I will probably stop weights 1-2 weeks before my meet and swim only 800-1500 those same last 2 weeks- I don't have as much conditioning built up or resting to do so I figure I would need to keep the ratio of distance up or I will lose too much feel for the water and strength.
What type of workouts do you do?
What are your events?
Hope this helps.
