Swim Advice
ironkav
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Hey all,
I am not the best swimmer. THere is a pool at my gym (20m). The problem is I cant seem to get a rhythm going. Anytime I do, I reach the end of the 20m pool and I have to start again. There is a 50m pool about 25 minutes away which I might go to soon.
My technique is improving, but it takes a few strokes to get going with it. Is the 50m the way to go, or should I don my wetsuit and hit the sea side.
IK[:@]
I am not the best swimmer. THere is a pool at my gym (20m). The problem is I cant seem to get a rhythm going. Anytime I do, I reach the end of the 20m pool and I have to start again. There is a 50m pool about 25 minutes away which I might go to soon.
My technique is improving, but it takes a few strokes to get going with it. Is the 50m the way to go, or should I don my wetsuit and hit the sea side.
IK[:@]
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Is there anything I can work on in the 20m?
IK
Hi Graham,
All my triathlons are open water based. Minimum of 500m up to olympic distance.
What drills would you recommend.
IK
there are a couple of things about swimming outside compared to in a pool, the first is to make sure you get used to is the start from deep water. The second is the bun fight at the start.
But on the training side make sure you try and do more in a bigger pool than the 20 metre one , if posiable try swimming outdoors
But as for a program, if you can swim 1500 metre comfortably , it's all about speed then try training using 400 metre paced swim and do a couple and try and improve your time each time , but also make sure you have a short rest maybe 20 to 30 seconds
Might be worth checking if you are doing pool based sprints whether tumble turns are allowed. I've started using a open turn/touch turn whichever you want to call it, and I find it pretty quick. Never really tried tumble turns as I'm worried I'll either miss the side completely, or smash my ankles on the pools edge. I also think the touch turn is a lot less disruptive to other swimmers. Okay, okay, I'm just jealous 'cos I can't do tumble!!!
Anyway, there's a few threads on here about them (bopomofo gives some detail on the one below).
http://forum.220magazine.com/tm.asp?m=25283&mpage=1&key=open%2Cturn拤
There's also a few examples on youtube, so have a search on there.
As for the size of the pool , while a 20 m pool is not good it better then nothign and also help with learning turns. I trained in a 20 m pool , but made sure I did one swim a week in a bigger pool .
But love open water swimming know and find it far easier than pool swimming
I am only an hour from the Irish Sea so I can head there at weekends. I have a swimming partner so it should be fine.
There are plenty of lakes within an hour, and also the town where my first tri on only 5 miles away (Canal Swim) so I could also head there.
I think Ill go to the 50 m pool this week. For some reason there is a severe shortage of pools in my area.. Ive found some but they're tiny 4 x 20m and 3 x 15m !!!!!.
I have 6 weeks to train for 500 m swim.. I should be ok though...
IK
I wont have to worry about the tumbles thank god.. I tried one before and burst my knee of my chin.. Nothing like seeing underwater stars [:(]
so which side of the sea are you lurking? Need someone to do some open water swimming with an I'm 30 mins from the Irish sea cept out bit is called Cardigan bay[:D]
I am on the ireland side of the Irish sea.[&:]
just living outside Dublin City.