I did a 50 fly in my first swim meet in 20+ years with minimal training so I thought I would have no problem doing a 100 three months later. Since then I have trained harder and improved significantly in the freestyle with speed and endurance yet I still die after 50 yards of butterfly. 95% of my training is free as the fly takes everything out of me. At the end of a 2000 yard workout I might do one 50. That might not sound like much to you all but I can do a set of like 15 x 100 which is well beyond what i have been capable in years.
Once a week I might do 10X25 fly or I might just see how far I can go. I always die after the 2nd turn. Complete breakdown. Yet I could do a 50 months ago without any concern at all of just completing the distance.
My stroke may be fundamentally flawed. Maybe I just got by as a youth on raw power. The only form I have is all out until the momentum is lost and then it is complete breakdown withing 3 strokes. I don't know if there is some kind of hesitation stroke I can use to get through, but at this point I think I need sets and strategies to build up to it on the stroke I have.
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Well, seven days to go and I've made some progress at long last. Thanks for the tips as I incorporated some. I've done a handful of 100s - always ending up in breakdown mode for the last 10 or 15 yards, but at least I can complete it. I finally found that short butterfly only workouts were the key - partly because of a vacation that had me swimming in hotel pools and the ocean and mainly because my body couldn't handle it in a normal full workout. I'll do a 200 yard warm-up and then just do 4X50 or 1x100 and that's it and I can squeeze it in on a lunch.
I turned in a seed time of 1:20 and I've done 1:25s from the wall. Hopefully I can go a little faster if I can keep up the momentum. 15 more yards and I would be swimming a real race, but I will be more than happy just to finish this time and then we'll see.
Well, seven days to go and I've made some progress at long last. Thanks for the tips as I incorporated some. I've done a handful of 100s - always ending up in breakdown mode for the last 10 or 15 yards, but at least I can complete it. I finally found that short butterfly only workouts were the key - partly because of a vacation that had me swimming in hotel pools and the ocean and mainly because my body couldn't handle it in a normal full workout. I'll do a 200 yard warm-up and then just do 4X50 or 1x100 and that's it and I can squeeze it in on a lunch.
I turned in a seed time of 1:20 and I've done 1:25s from the wall. Hopefully I can go a little faster if I can keep up the momentum. 15 more yards and I would be swimming a real race, but I will be more than happy just to finish this time and then we'll see.
