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Swimming endurance workouts7/2/2023 ![]() 40×50 freestyle alternating 1 kick fast, 1 swim cruise you are looking for a set that is straight-up for heart rate purposes, injecting kick is a guaranteed way to do it.20×100 freestyle alternating 1 kick, 1 swim rest.10×200 freestyle as 100 kick, 100 swim rest.How you use them to accomplish your goal of increasing swim endurance can vary, but my preferred method is to pair whatever tool you are doing with regular swimming.įor example, one of the sets that I’ve used on repeat over the years-and is always guaranteed to get my face red and hot-is kick/swim sets. And actually crank up the metabolic demand of the workout, improving overall endurance.Reduce demand on the shoulders (or legs). ![]() While some swimmers may use their gear as a crutch during workouts (*raises hand*), introducing different equipment can: Swim fins, hand paddles, swimmer’s snorkel, pull buoy, kickboard-you name it, swimmers will stuff it into our swim bag and haul it down to the end of the lane and use it. Swimmers love their toys and swimming aids. Tracking and measuring your swim workouts will give you objective metrics that you can use to stay motivated and plot your training moving forward.Īfter all, how can you truly know for sure that your swim endurance is improving if you aren’t tracking it? Mix things up with equipment It can be easy to get lost in the weeds with all of the information that swim trackers can provide, so try and keep things simple and measure one or two things that matter most. There are plenty of ways you can track your laps while swimming, from smartwatches for swimming to smart swim goggles, to using the pace clock and your brain for tracking and remembering laps. Endurance isn’t just a distance metric, it can also be measured in speed. The longest, unbroken swim completed during the workout. This is the total number of laps you completed in the course of a swim workout. After all, how can you know if endurance is improving if you don’t have some numbers to quantify improvement? Improving swim endurance requires tracking some basic metrics. Track your progress for added motivation.
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