Posted by heathweaver

I have been swimming for about 5 months now and feel like I have made some progress. I don’t remember how fast I could swim 50 meters when I first started training, but I believe it was around 50 seconds. I can swim 50 meters in right under 40 seconds now and I am making improvements all the time.

My training schedule is pretty light. I swim two to three times a week during lunch in a 25 meter pool. I don’t have a fixed routine yet, but I typically swim two laps at a time and then take a 10 to 30 second pause. I try to mix up my first laps between working on specific issues I can identify and doing exercises that I read on the Internet. Once I feel warmed up I do a mixture of sprints. I work on both 50 meter sprints and 25 meter sprints.

I am working on a site that will help me track my times and my progress. When it is done I will put it on open it up for everyone.

As far as technique goes I have a number of resources that I will start compiling on this site. Many of them are videos, that can be found on you tube, of Ian Thorpe, who I am trying to emulate. Going forward I will try to describe what I learn and analyze what works for me and what doesn’t.