Subject: RE: Custom training plans Originally posted by Kala42 I'm considering upgrading and building a custom plan but I am unsure if it works for me. Can you build a Couch to Olympic plan here or is it mostly beginner and up? You can play around with it now to generate free sprint and oly plans (without details) but you can see the workout minutes. The longer the plan is, assuming it's set at the 'beginner' level, the longer the buildup period. So for example, a beginner, Oly, 28 week plan, the starting week's volume is: Week# Week# 1 2013-12-09 Base Monday 650 Yd 12m Tuesday 850 Yd 16m Wednesday 900 Yd 21m Thursday 2.6 Mi 10m 0.8 Mi 08m Friday 3.7 Mi 14m 1 Mi 10m Saturday 5.2 Mi 19m 1.3 Mi 13m Week Total 11.5 Mi 43m 3.1 Mi 30m 2400 Yd 49m So as you can see, it starts nearly at the 'couch' level. Another option is to focus a month on getting your swim up to 900 yards, then start the plan. Though if you really have 'zero' base, you may want to start one sport at time and bring in a new sport a month later instead of all-of-the-sudden doing all 3 at once, even if the minutes seem low. |