Making a comeback

Hello, So another question. I started Master's swim team but had to quit due to schedule conflicts and feeling as though I wasn't improving and was dragging people down in my lane. I want to get better but I don't feel like I am improving at all. I have a pool I am going to and working out 5 days a week to improve. However, I am just picking random workouts from USM websites. Does anyone have a good training schedule rather than a random workout? IM's, Drills, etc? Thank You, Jen :) 5 workouts a week. You might be overtraining. Less might be better. As an older swimmer I have been doing no more than 2-3 swim workouts a week. I combine them with dryland, weight workouts. I have been experimenting with a 2 days on (dryland/swim and 1 day off, or 2 on and 2 off. I even went the month of August with a 1 day on and 2 days off. I still got in about 4-5 good workouts every 2 weeks with some brisk walking 2-4 miles on an off day. The 2 & 2 seemed to work well. If you've got a busy RL schedule and you really workout on those days you will still make it count. I seem to remember reading somewhere that after a really tough workout it could take your body up to 72 hours to recover. I'm 55 and it sometimes after a tough dryland session I'm still sore on the 3rd day.

Hello, So another question. I started Master's swim team but had to quit due to schedule conflicts and feeling as though I wasn't improving and was dragging people down in my lane. I want to get better but I don't feel like I am improving at all. I have a pool I am going to and working out 5 days a week to improve. However, I am just picking random workouts from USM websites. Does anyone have a good training schedule rather than a random workout? IM's, Drills, etc? Thank You, Jen :) 5 workouts a week. You might be overtraining. Less might be better. As an older swimmer I have been doing no more than 2-3 swim workouts a week. I combine them with dryland, weight workouts. I have been experimenting with a 2 days on (dryland/swim and 1 day off, or 2 on and 2 off. I even went the month of August with a 1 day on and 2 days off. I still got in about 4-5 good workouts every 2 weeks with some brisk walking 2-4 miles on an off day. The 2 & 2 seemed to work well. If you've got a busy RL schedule and you really workout on those days you will still make it count. I seem to remember reading somewhere that after a really tough workout it could take your body up to 72 hours to recover. I'm 55 and it sometimes after a tough dryland session I'm still sore on the 3rd day.