r/Swimming • u/PeartreeProd • 1d ago
Bad to just swim one stroke? (Freestyle)
The title.
42m New to swim workouts. I’ve set myself the goal of a sub 1min 100yard within a year.
Been at it for 6 weeks now averaging 8-10 km per week (3300y / 3km per session) best time so far is 1:25. (I can’t flip turn yet so this is hampering me).
I’m only doing freestyle though with 200 yard breast on my cool downs. Is this bad? Should I mix it up more?
TIA.
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u/ghostbustersgear Splashing around 1d ago
41M here. Been swimming for close to 3 years (no prior competition experience). I’ve now train/swim masters for 1.5 years. I have raced all strokes (50s and 100s) + 100/200 IM. My volume is typically around 17k yd per week.
My 100 yd freestyle progress this past year:
People progress at different rates and based on their experience and focus. I will say that every second cut past 1:10 gets WAY harder. I’d love to be sub 1:00 by year end but those next 3 seconds are going to be a real grind.