Subject: RE: Swimming workouts...breaks or no breaks?EABonney - 2007-06-26 4:04 PM
During your swim workouts do you think it is better to swim say 100yrd or so then take a break or is it better to say swim 50-75yds then breast or back stroke to catch your wind and then start again?
I currently do the later but I wonder if that really is better or not.
Any thoughts?
Well, my swim workouts are all different.
Some days I'll do 5, 100's with 15 second rests in between each 100. Other days I might do 5, 200's with 1 minute rests in between each 200.
I rest according to what my workout says and how long it says I'm allowed to rest. If my rest break is only 15 seconds, then I go when 15 seconds are up if I'm ready or not.
Otherwise, I also do sets that have "recovery" built into them. I might do a 200... 50 slow, 100 fast, 50 slow. The slow is... SLOW to allow me to recover while swimming and to catch my breath.
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