Hi, hope nobody minds that I'm an Australian masters swimmer, but nothing like this forum down here.
I've been swimming for about a year, and am 25. I've made some good progress, and am aiming to do about 25km a week eventually, currently doing about 14-15. Usually I do about 3km per session. My freestyle 50m PB is 0:32 and 100m is 1:14. I've been stuck at that sort of level for a few months now. I can reliably swim under 50m in under 40 and 100m in 1:20 as part of a training session for a while.
Could someone suggest exercises I could incorporate into my training program to try and work on breaking through 30 and 60 seconds for the 50 and 100 respectively? Thanks,
David
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Could someone suggest exercises I could incorporate into my training program to try and work on breaking through 30 and 60 seconds for the 50 and 100 respectively? Thanks,
David
These two goals are not achievable together. To swim a sub 60sec 100, you need to be swimming a 26. for a 50.
Initially work on your speed. Swim fast 25's, and even fast 15's and 20m.
Perfect your starts and turns as these can gain or loose you seconds - which is huge over 50/100.
Read the Swimming Faster Faster tips too. They are brilliant. Some technical tips, some psychological and some inspirational tips. But beware - there's a lot of them. It'll take you months!!!!
Could someone suggest exercises I could incorporate into my training program to try and work on breaking through 30 and 60 seconds for the 50 and 100 respectively? Thanks,
David
These two goals are not achievable together. To swim a sub 60sec 100, you need to be swimming a 26. for a 50.
Initially work on your speed. Swim fast 25's, and even fast 15's and 20m.
Perfect your starts and turns as these can gain or loose you seconds - which is huge over 50/100.
Read the Swimming Faster Faster tips too. They are brilliant. Some technical tips, some psychological and some inspirational tips. But beware - there's a lot of them. It'll take you months!!!!
