How much and often do you swim in a week?

I make it to masters probably 2x per week.  We do 3500 to 4500 yards per session usually

I am doing a swim focused plan this year.  Trying really hard to get my swim time below pathetic.  I am swimming 3x a week and doing 1100 to 1500 per session.

I'm very focused on the swim right now because I didn't know how to swim before October 2011. I swim 3 or 4 times a week, sometimes on consecutive days, but I've only worked up to 1100 yds so far, so it's not like I'm in the pool for more than 40 minutes.

I try to swim Monday, Wed., Friday.  If I could manage the time I'd have no problem adding a fourth day.  My swims are relatively short though at 1,700 - 2,000 yards because I cram it in during my lunch hour.  When the weather gets nicer I'll open that up a bit when I hit the lake. 

I swim whenever our school pool's available (i.e. not locked up and not being used for classes or practice). That has steadily decreased over the past three years to 4:15-5 PM Monday, 4-5 PM Thursday, and 2-5 PM Saturday. Otherwise it is only available for 20-30 minutes after HS practice. I do whatever amount of swimming I can fit in on the shorter sessions (usually 2000-2500m), and usually 3000-3500m on Saturday. The extent to which pool hours control my training schedule and even personal life is very frustrating!Occasionally I do an easy recovery swim on Friday (my off day, but I coach kids till 4:30 and sometimes stay till 5 if some come late.) I belong to a gym that has a narrow 25m pool and is open 6 AM-10 PM, but I can't reliably use it for workouts--this isn't early enough to swim before work, and the pool's often filled with kids from the complex where it's located (it's for residents as well as members). Sometimes do easy recovery swims there after long runs, though, and just weave around the screaming, splashing children.

On a regular week this semester, it'll be M,T,Th,F and I'm currently around 2600-2700 yds in an hour. The occasional family obligation comes up so it'll go down to 3x instead of 4. My yardage is continuing to climb.

On a regular week this semester, it'll be M,T,Th,F and I'm currently around 2600-2700 yds in an hour. The occasional family obligation comes up so it'll go down to 3x instead of 4. My yardage is continuing to climb.

Mon, Wed and Fri around 2500m.

not nearly enough..... trying to do better, though....

I just started a few weeks ago and have made a point to go at least twice a week. I have only done about 1000 each time slowing trying to increase and would really like to do 3 times a week. I am training for my first sprint and have the time problems of the pool like others have stated. There open swim and lap swim hours are horrible.

Currently: 2x / week with masters, usually about 2km per 1 hour session.

A few years ago, while training for IM, I was hitting 3,4, or 5 times per week. For a while that included a once a week back-to-back 1 hour swim lesson followed by a full workout with some other triathletes, usually totaling about 4.5~5 km. Not a lot for a swimmer, but for a guy who didn't start swimming lanes untill age 47, it was a bit of work.

2x/week.  I usually get ina  longer swim (2.5-3K) on the weekend, and a shorter swim (1.5K) during the week.  As Lisa said, my time is better spent running or biking, especially running.

2x a week with my masters class. was at 2400 per class to start, but lately has been 3000+ in an hour.

IM training right now. 2-3 days a week. Each swim is 3,500-4,000 meters for the most part (1:15 to 1:30). Sometimes I get a shorter swim at only 2,500 meters (:45 minute day).

0 yards and 0 days a week.

When I was trying to improve my swim, 3-5x/week for at least 3000m every time I got in the pool.

Shane

Mostly 2x a week between 1500 and 3000 yards, with an occasional third swim or summer-time OWS thrown in for good measure.  Sprint racing only so far...

4-5x per week, 3-4K per swim.

Edited by daharryone 2012-02-09 1:07 PM

I don't swim enough. Probably never will.