Originally Posted by
IRONHEAD1
we typically train doing 3500 yards 3 times a week, mix it up too, do some 75's then 100's then 200's maybe a 300, then work your way back down to doing 50's. train doing pulls train doing kicks to alternate. but basically you need to be swimming often to get good.
3500 yards 3 times a week? Thats a LOT of swimming. Not saying its a bad thing, as I personally suck at it too and should probably do more, but for someone like him (who probably is the same pace as me) thats like a 2 hour swim workout a day. Being that he has till June 6th, and he is just starting, jumping into a workout like that may burn him out fast. The rest of the advice about mixing it up is sound, being that its a sprint distance the swim is probably 1/2 - 3/4 mile, and survival is important for the first one. Id say mix it up for 1000 - 1500 yards 2-3 times a week, and try and mix in on one of those days a continuous 1000 - 1500 yard swim. That will get you through the first event, then you can ramp things up...