does anyone on MFK have experience in competetive swimming?
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I swam my freshman year in hs. I swam the 100 free and 50 free. Swim as fast as you can. I was more of a sprinter. In the 100's I would swim the first 50-75 conservitively...just fast enough to stay in first w/ the group. Then the last 25-50...turn it up and smoke em. I also would swim practice in jogging shorts instead of a banna hammock....this caused drag, making me stronger. Then in meets I would be able to swim just a little faster...cause the drag wasnt there.
Good luck and have fun!
Good luck and have fun!
ok. no to the roids, i do flipturns already, i wont fail at swimming as that would result in death.
at the moment my 50free time is a 31high and my 100free time is like 1:19 or something like that...
at the moment my 50free time is a 31high and my 100free time is like 1:19 or something like that...
I swam 4 years in high school and 3 in a div 1 college.
Run. If you swim 5 days a week be sure you are running at least 2-3 days too. Its better to over lap the days than to just exercise 7 days a week, but run. If you need to run on Saturday then do it, just run.
Get up at 4:30 and run 3 miles before school 2x a week. Running is an amazing exercise. If you have time to do 4 or 5 miles, do it. Just run.
Any time spent strengthening your core will do wonders for your flip turns, breast stroke and butterfly. Do 2 or 300 crunches before bed each night. Look up core strengthening exercise on the net. Spend some time on core strengthening...20 min a day is all you need. Some can be done while you are brushing your teeth.
Eating a lot of spinach or other sources of iron helps to make sure your blood can carry as much oxygen as possible.
Wear panty hose or sweat pants, a t-shirt, something to cause drag for as much of your practice as you can.
Run. If you swim 5 days a week be sure you are running at least 2-3 days too. Its better to over lap the days than to just exercise 7 days a week, but run. If you need to run on Saturday then do it, just run.
Get up at 4:30 and run 3 miles before school 2x a week. Running is an amazing exercise. If you have time to do 4 or 5 miles, do it. Just run.
Any time spent strengthening your core will do wonders for your flip turns, breast stroke and butterfly. Do 2 or 300 crunches before bed each night. Look up core strengthening exercise on the net. Spend some time on core strengthening...20 min a day is all you need. Some can be done while you are brushing your teeth.
Eating a lot of spinach or other sources of iron helps to make sure your blood can carry as much oxygen as possible.
Wear panty hose or sweat pants, a t-shirt, something to cause drag for as much of your practice as you can.
kdrun76;3532036; said:
ok.
1- i cant run for *****.
2- i like spinach a bit so this works a bit.
3- i dont do brest or fly, but ill look up the core exercises anyway.
Plec123;3532097; said:
No one is suggesting becoming a competitive runner...
And running that early in the morning means no one is awake to see you.
3 miles should take you no more than 35 min. (That is the SLOW person pace). Honest, even running at that slow of a pace will help make you a stronger swimmer. Go run. Go run slow and poorly, but go run. There is no reason for serious speed or distance, just run.
kdrun76;3534151; said:
lemme try to rephrase what isaid.
i can run pretty quickly, but only for a short time. i have no endurance, and never have. thats why i dont swim the 200 and 500.
And that is what running will help you build...
You asked what suggestions we had to make you a better swimmer, and now you tell me you don't want to change your existing skill set? You want to swim faster but you are not willing to do exercise to help make that happen?!?!?!
I have 7 years of competitve swimming in me, 3 of them at a DIV 1 college. I am not suggesting that you run 3 miles a day to make fun of you. You asked for help I offered it! If you want to be a better swimmer you better build up enough endurance to run 3 miles.... which by the way is considered a VERY short run. I only said 3 miles as I didn't figure you would be willing to do much more than that before school in the morning.
The run isn't for the purpose of building sprint muscles, or for building long distance muscles its for building your cardio-vascular system. It will also do good things for your leg muscles which are where about 70% of your speed comes from in a free style event.
Trust me, the students winning the events all run.
You asked what suggestions we had to make you a better swimmer, and now you tell me you don't want to change your existing skill set? You want to swim faster but you are not willing to do exercise to help make that happen?!?!?!
I have 7 years of competitve swimming in me, 3 of them at a DIV 1 college. I am not suggesting that you run 3 miles a day to make fun of you. You asked for help I offered it! If you want to be a better swimmer you better build up enough endurance to run 3 miles.... which by the way is considered a VERY short run. I only said 3 miles as I didn't figure you would be willing to do much more than that before school in the morning.
The run isn't for the purpose of building sprint muscles, or for building long distance muscles its for building your cardio-vascular system. It will also do good things for your leg muscles which are where about 70% of your speed comes from in a free style event.
Trust me, the students winning the events all run.
kdrun76;3535574; said:
im not saying youre wrong. im just trying to figure out if theres anything else i can do.
ill using an elliptical machine that ive got.. are those as good as running?
