Masters swimming workouts 6- learn how to swim 50 m fast.

Swimming fast or working on your speed is a very important physiological element, our goal is to know how to swim fast without hurting and causing pain 6 hours after the swimming workout which means pain is good when speeding up, but the question is if the pain stays with us or goes away and builds up our muscles?

**the dangerous thing in speeding drills is that if you don’t do it correctly you can hurt your neck & shoulders.

In this workout west swim masters program we will learn 3 swimming tips :

1. How to swim fast?

2. To control the number of strokes in the first &  second 25 m in a 50 m?

3. To know how to increase your swimming pace and control your swim in the same number of strokes?

NumberThe drillAdditional explanations
1400 m breathing 3,5,7 in freestylefreestyle turn=2 strokes
try to swim slow
25X50 freestyle with fins increasing number of dolphin kicksin the first 50 you kick 5 dolphin kicks and continue freestyle, second 50 exactly 6 kicks.......last 50 , 9 dolphin kicks.
39X100
increasing pace in the first 25 and increasing pace 1 to 3 in every 100 m
your goal is not the "double" increasing pace but to control the same number of strokes in all the 9X100 (except for the fist 25 m)
48X50 reduce number of strokes in the second 50, 4 in freestyle, 4 in a different style(Medley is possible as well)in the first 25 m you will swim as fast as you can and in the second 25 reduce exactly 4 strokes.
*your goal is to think even when you speed
55X200 on 5 min send of time (which is allot)50 m Allout look at the time and continue 150 as slow and long strokes.
**you can choose a stroke but don't change it in all the 5 fast 50, your goal is to do the same time in all 50.
6100 backstroke fast
50 Allout with a jump
100 slow
50 Allout with a jump in a different style.
7400 slow with fins
10 min stretching

 

 

 

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It Is always recommended to start your west swimming online program before working on speed, In WEST swimming technique you will learn to swim freestyle and protect your lower back.

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