Pool opened today and I was there. I had the place to myself. Don't yet know how to structure my workouts so I tried to do something similar to what I do on the track. I tried intervals of 100m, then a few 50m at the end. Didn't swim much, 450m I think. Didn't want to do a lot because it's a new thing. Probably get sore in the lats. I did 3x100m and 3x50m. At the end of my 3rd 100m interval, I did just hit a max HR of 170 for a second. My HR sensor was not connecting well with my watch so I don't have good HR data. If I'm reading this right, my best 100m pace was about 1:21 sec, slowest 1:45 sec. I'm going to do this more often and see if I can get a routine going. Don't enjoy it that much because it's upper body oriented, but it's better than nothing.
Get some short flippers to engage your legs. Silicon are the best. They will drive your HR higher and take stress off the shoulders. https://www.tyr.com/tyr-stryker-silicone-fins.html
ReplyDeleteConvention with swimming is to set your start time at some regular interval, say 2:00 or 2:30, swim your 100 then start on the next 2 or 2:30. For instance start your 100 at T0, T2:30, T5. 10 of them is what I used to do 10 years ago. It was enough for me. I was finishing in the range you stated (1:20 ish for the first one close to 1:50 by the tenth). That was without flippers.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn’t be able to do that now I don’t think.
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