Swim Ways
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Why You Need More Challenging Swim Workouts In Your Life
Unless you swam competitively in the past, you may not know exactly how to create challenging swim workouts. The vast majority of recreational swimmers that I see when I head to the pool for a workout tend to "just swim."
Just the other day I was talking with a woman who wanted to share my lane with me, and she said "Don't worry I just swim until I can't anymore…" She had no plan of action or workout planned, and that just seemed crazy to me. I easily get bored when I don't have a planned workout to do, and in turn I'll swim less and I certainly won't push myself.
Who knows, maybe some people like to just swim laps aimlessly until they are tired or bored, but if you are like me, you enjoy the challenge of good swim workouts. You have a goal, purpose and a MISSION when you go to the pool now. Not only do you want to finish the workout, you want to beat that workout into submission so you can move on to the next challenge. When you look at swimming like that, you are bound to become a better swimmer and naturally be in great physical shape.
The basic components of good swim workouts are the warm up, pre-set, main set, and cooldown. The pre-set is not a necessity if you are doing shorter workouts (<3,000 yards), but it is a great tool I use to get my heart rate up for the main set. As far as the yardage breakdown, I'd recommend 20-25% be allocated to the warm-up, 60-75% allocated to the pre & main sets with the remainder for the cooldown.
Make sure you vary the type of swim workouts and sets that you are using so that you become a well-rounded swimmer. Focusing on only the strokes you know (or like) won't cut it. Make sure you include some sets for the strokes you need the most work on. That's literally the only way you will improve in those strokes. Practice makes perfect, and a great way to get a lot of practice with each stroke is to include Individual Medley (IM) sets in some of your workouts.
Lastly, using equipment is a great way to break up your workouts so that you're not just straight swimming the entire time. I like to include a kicking set in both the warm up and main set because it gives my shoulders a short break. If you are good at kicking with a board, you may not need to use fins though you certainly can if you'd like. The advantages of using fins are that you get some extra resistance while you're kicking and you can complete more distance in a shorter period of time.
There's a lot more that goes into writing challenging swim workouts, but don't worry, we've done all the hard work for you @ Virtual Swim Coach. Make sure you check us out at the links below!
About the Author
Adam Viccaro is an avid swimmer, coach, and the creator of the online swimming community @Virtual Swim Coach. Get tips on proper technique and motivation along with your 36 FREE practices HERE.
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