I need some workout advice. My goal is to get my 100 Free time under 1:00. Right now I am at about a 1:05. I only get 45 minutes in the water each day. I need some thoughts on what type of sets I should be doing. this morning I did 10 100's, 8 of them on the 1:25 and mixed in 2 on the 1:20.
Should I be doing sets where I try to hold 1:10's and under but take more rest in between or sets like I did this morning. Anyone with thoughts??
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I need some workout advice. My goal is to get my 100 Free time under 1:00. Right now I am at about a 1:05. I only get 45 minutes in the water each day.
How many days a week do you swim? IMHO, 45 minutes is perfectly sufficient if you're a masters' swimmer focused on a 100 and getting in 4 to 5 times per week. My recommendation, though, is that the vast majority (80%) of almost all of your workouts needs to be at accelerated to fast pace. Give yourself one day of recovery here and there, but you need to train your body to swim fast. Swimmers tend to focus more on yards than intensity and sprinters (I'm told) need to be especially focused on intensity and speed during their workouts.
Ande has a number of threads on this and Erick Hochstein recently started another thread.
I need some workout advice. My goal is to get my 100 Free time under 1:00. Right now I am at about a 1:05. I only get 45 minutes in the water each day.
How many days a week do you swim? IMHO, 45 minutes is perfectly sufficient if you're a masters' swimmer focused on a 100 and getting in 4 to 5 times per week. My recommendation, though, is that the vast majority (80%) of almost all of your workouts needs to be at accelerated to fast pace. Give yourself one day of recovery here and there, but you need to train your body to swim fast. Swimmers tend to focus more on yards than intensity and sprinters (I'm told) need to be especially focused on intensity and speed during their workouts.
Ande has a number of threads on this and Erick Hochstein recently started another thread.
