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2014-08-31 5:41 PM
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Good luck!

2014-08-31 8:25 PM
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Originally posted by runbugjones

Congrats on the breakthrough!! I'm hoping to get somewhere in the 2:30 vicinity one of these days.

Originally posted by jonnyonew swimmer make big gain when they get to this point and swim 3x 2000-3000m. That is a volume that produce a lot of physiological adaptation and get them fit enough to be able to hold better technic/stroke when swimming.

And this is why I believe I won't be getting there any time soon. That volume represents 1.5-2.5 hours in the pool 3x a week. I just don't have that kind of time (or interest, to be honest).


Just commit an hour, four days per week, and six months from now I bet you will be hitting those yardages in the hour of allotted time.

Of course if you don't want to then you don't want to.


No, not not necessarily. There are plenty of swimmers out there who don't progress, because the flaws in their swimming technique are never addressed. There is inly so much improvement you can make with a bad technique, then you will plateau.
2014-12-07 11:54 AM
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Thanks. My turnover is increasing and I will consider the metronome. I notice that's where the fitness really makes a difference.

I do not have a metronome and I'm also trying to increase my turnover. When I see a decent swimmer at my pool, someone who swims like 18 s per 25 yards I swim next to him/her and I follow her/his rhythm of swimming.
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