This works for me and find it very helpful, yes it is a boring swim everyday, but I think that's what I love about it, it's such a long swim but it alowes me to tweek my freestyle to make me more effeciant as well as build up endurance.
8,800 yards in 2 hours, with a overall target of 10,000 yards a day ( eventually in about another month)
I will keep you posted on how this workout helps me at the meets.
I got into the water about 2 1/2 months ago after about a year off from competing, I started out with 1 hour 4400 yards and worked my way up swimming a straight 8800 which was'nt easy, 5 days a week and about 1500 on the weekends, been fortunate enough to be able to swim before work because I work 2nd shift, I was at 222 lbs when I started, now down to 191 lbs, I just swam the last PNA short course championship in seattle, had a ugly crummy 50 free time of :24.25 ( compared to the :21.59-:22.3 I used to swim) which I really got on myself about how bad I did but I kept having to tell myself that I've only been in 2 1/2 months, 100 free was a :54.??, 11:55 in the 1000 free, :31 in the 50 *** ( I think this was a meet record, but not sure, will get back to you) and a 19:48 in the 1650 free. I checked these time with how I ranked nationally for th Men age 35-39 and I was shocked at how well I did, the 50 free and 100 free were in the top 30 - 50 fastest times, my 1000 & 1650 free were in the top 10 times for this year, which is shocking because I have always been a short distance sprint swimmer. I put it into my head that I'm going to push to make Nationals next year and go to FINA world championship. Also helps when I compete with the age group swimmers and they have a 15 or 17 and over event that drive to be able to keep up with school kids keeps me going, also I like motivating the kids to show the benefits of competative swimming when you get older.
Thanks everyone, keep up the goodwork to all, inspire people to make a healthy lifestyle change, if it's not in swimming, then something they are passionate about, let's beat lazyness !!!!:weightlifter: and set good examples to our kids, grandkids and future generations to come, not just with excersice but also spending time with our family.
That is an amazing workout. I tend to swim about 4000 yards per hour, but need breaks say 4 X 1000 on the 14 minute or what we did the other night.
400 on the 6:00, 100 IM on the 1:45, 300 on the 4:30, 2 X 100 IMs on the 1:45, 200 on the 3:00, 3 x 100 IMs on the 1:45, 100 on the 1:30, 4 X 100 IMs on the 1:45. This was 2000 yards in 33 and 1/2 minutes a good set and very tiring.
Again 8,800 yards in 2 hours is amazing. You should be training for the English Channel. I did an attempt in 2006, but pulled myself out after 14 hours and less than 3100 meters from France. I could no longer get my arms out of the water. If I had trained like you are, I may have made it. I did swim from Catalina Island to the California Coast in 2005.
That is an amazing workout. I tend to swim about 4000 yards per hour, but need breaks say 4 X 1000 on the 14 minute or what we did the other night.
400 on the 6:00, 100 IM on the 1:45, 300 on the 4:30, 2 X 100 IMs on the 1:45, 200 on the 3:00, 3 x 100 IMs on the 1:45, 100 on the 1:30, 4 X 100 IMs on the 1:45. This was 2000 yards in 33 and 1/2 minutes a good set and very tiring.
Again 8,800 yards in 2 hours is amazing. You should be training for the English Channel. I did an attempt in 2006, but pulled myself out after 14 hours and less than 3100 meters from France. I could no longer get my arms out of the water. If I had trained like you are, I may have made it. I did swim from Catalina Island to the California Coast in 2005.
