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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You guys are too much! I've been training an average of 3,000-4,000 yards PER WEEK for the 12 years I've been back in Masters and most would say I am an adequate swimmer (though my 59.18 100 IM this year was about 2.7 seconds slower than my 3rd place nationals finish in the 25-29 age group 35 years ago...my shoulders aren't as good at age 60, I guess!).
If you're talking minimum, I think 1000 yards 3x per week is closer to it, with fewer joint issues from overuse. Of course, 200's are usually my racing limit, distance-wise. Train smart, not long! My main set is 8x25's with about 10 seconds rest, descending times.
Thank you!! I just joined USMS last year and have yet to swim in a meet. When I read the workout articles in Swimmer magazine I feel very intimidated. Then I wondered why in the world you need to swim 4-5000 meter per workout to compete in a 50 or even 500 meter event. I compete in triathlons and find if you train 10-15% farther/faster than the race distance in each event you will do pretty well.
You guys are too much! I've been training an average of 3,000-4,000 yards PER WEEK for the 12 years I've been back in Masters and most would say I am an adequate swimmer (though my 59.18 100 IM this year was about 2.7 seconds slower than my 3rd place nationals finish in the 25-29 age group 35 years ago...my shoulders aren't as good at age 60, I guess!).
If you're talking minimum, I think 1000 yards 3x per week is closer to it, with fewer joint issues from overuse. Of course, 200's are usually my racing limit, distance-wise. Train smart, not long! My main set is 8x25's with about 10 seconds rest, descending times.
Thank you!! I just joined USMS last year and have yet to swim in a meet. When I read the workout articles in Swimmer magazine I feel very intimidated. Then I wondered why in the world you need to swim 4-5000 meter per workout to compete in a 50 or even 500 meter event. I compete in triathlons and find if you train 10-15% farther/faster than the race distance in each event you will do pretty well.
