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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What event are you trying to prepare for? Swim it all out and that's a workout. The correct answer to "what distance is the minimum" is the length of your focus event, plus warm-up.
Nobody ever believes this but I've prepared for events 50-500 this way and gotten lifetime bests.
Oh good! That's what I do! I swim 2000 meters 3 times a week as fast as I can maintain the entire time. I'm a female 56 y.o. and my average 50 yd lap time is 55:26. I am mainly training for tris but hope to compete in some USMS events this spring and summer. Can I hope to be competitive in my age group?
What event are you trying to prepare for? Swim it all out and that's a workout. The correct answer to "what distance is the minimum" is the length of your focus event, plus warm-up.
Nobody ever believes this but I've prepared for events 50-500 this way and gotten lifetime bests.
Oh good! That's what I do! I swim 2000 meters 3 times a week as fast as I can maintain the entire time. I'm a female 56 y.o. and my average 50 yd lap time is 55:26. I am mainly training for tris but hope to compete in some USMS events this spring and summer. Can I hope to be competitive in my age group?
