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Location: Lethbridge, Alberta
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 Silver member | The recent thread about swim times got me wondering. I haven't tried a single fast 100 in quite a while, well over a year I think, and I've been gradually improving. Earlier this week our masters coach put a single fast 100 with a pull buoy about 3/4 of the way through the workout. Just before I did it, he surprised me and said he would time it. I was skeptical about being able to do well since I had already been working fairly hard, but the time was dramatically better than I have ever done for 100m. (Of course, 'fast' is relative to my usual performance only.) Even allowing for the pull buoy though, a new 100 swim PR seems likely if I get around to trying for it.
The pull in question was 1500m into the workout. Maybe that might not be considered a long warm up for the real fish? What do you think is a good warm up towards a single fast 100 swim attempt? Long and steady, or short and intense with some recovery, or what? | |
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| 500 nice and easy
100 light kick.
400 to get the blood flowing through your muscles... try 4x100 descending your speed #1-4
200 drills practicing areas you want to be good at
4x50: odds are fast 10m in and out of the turn, evens have a fast finish (you'll remember what it's like to go fast).
100 easy to feel good.
If you're not that seasoned of a swimmer, cut the warm up to about 1000m by lowering each component.
The seasoned swimmers are trained to do personal bests when they're slightly fatigued (i.e. the second race of the event). If you're not well trained (like I am now), don't go too hard before your race. | |
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Warmup to swim 1 fast 100?
