I swam competitively in High School and College. The distance I used to swim turned me off from swimming for many yrs. 10-15k a day.
After 15 yrs ive decided to try it again. My best masters experience were workouts that averaged 2500. I felt 40 min of hard swimming was manageable with my other daily duties and did not scare me away.
A good warm up. 600 yards.
A kick or stroke set. 600 yards.
Then a core set -1000 yards. 10x 100, 5 x 200 im etc.
Warm down.
Can this cut it 3-5 days a week to get in primo shape?
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Mr. Goose,
Welcome back to the pool.
I chuckled about your main set examples. I can't count the number of 10X200 or 500s I did in my youth. I still carry the revulsion.
For me, a good coach stops the boredom and makes really hard sets that lull me into putting much more effort than I had counted on. Clock games always get me going.
3,000 to 4,500 focused yards, five days a week gets me in pretty good shape.
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Mr. Goose,
Welcome back to the pool.
I chuckled about your main set examples. I can't count the number of 10X200 or 500s I did in my youth. I still carry the revulsion.
For me, a good coach stops the boredom and makes really hard sets that lull me into putting much more effort than I had counted on. Clock games always get me going.
3,000 to 4,500 focused yards, five days a week gets me in pretty good shape.
