50 meter pool vs. 25 yard pool
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charlie6460 posted 15 weeks ago.
I have been swimming in 25 meter pool for month and felt comfortable with a 200 meter pool. Yesterday I swam in a 50 meter pool for the first time. There difference is scary. I was much more tired than I expected.
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Iron Dan posted 15 weeks ago.
First thing I thought of was that you get to push off the wall about half as often, and depending on whether you do flip turns or not, you could be getting rid of any extra breathing you get in when you hit the wall. Another thought would be that you are going to hard right off the bat in an effort to impress the college co-eds.
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TriSooner posted 15 weeks ago.
charlie6460 wrote:
See? What's up with that?
I have been swimming in 25 meter pool for month and felt comfortable with a 200 meter pool. Yesterday I swam in a 50 meter pool for the first time. There difference is scary. I was much more tired than I expected.
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TriSooner posted 15 weeks ago.
Iron Dan wrote:
First thing I thought of was that you get to push off the wall about half as often, and depending on whether you do flip turns or not, you could be getting rid of any extra breathing you get in when you hit the wall. Another thought would be that you are going to hard right off the bat in an effort to impress the college co-eds.
The SMU co-eds are smoking hot. Instead of alternate breathing, I found myself breathing to just one side: the side where I could see them from the water.
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jsk85 posted 15 weeks ago.
I've seen the same thing...the only thing I try that helps a little is trying to barely push off the walls in the 25yd pool...you'd be amazed how much of the length of the pool a push off gets you in a short pool, and anyways...there are no walls to push off in open water
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TriSooner posted 15 weeks ago.
jsk85 wrote:
I've seen the same thing...the only thing I try that helps a little is trying to barely push off the walls in the 25yd pool...you'd be amazed how much of the length of the pool a push off gets you in a short pool, and anyways...there are no walls to push off in open water
You are right. I good push of will get me 5y (1/5 of the pool!) in a 25y pool. That's probably a big part of it!
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burnman posted 15 weeks ago.
I used to do my workouts at one of the local colleges and they would move the divider every other session. So one day I was doing 25yd and the next I was doing 40m (??). It wasn't even in the same unit system. The only thing I could do to remedy the situation was to swim for time (not distance) and stop pushing off the wall. You'll be really surprised how much longer 25yd feels when you come off a dead start on each length.
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Trisport posted 15 weeks ago.
Speaking from a swimming background: the difference is simply the extra push-off for every 50m swam. When swimming in a pool, the fastest points in any one lap are the start and the flip turn. For instance, I was a sprinter, and my time in a 50m free in a 25m pool was always at least .5sec faster than swimming it in a 50m pool.
I don't think you should think too much about using the walls. Some would say there are cons in using the walls as it translates to open water swimming b/c it cuts swimming output by 5-10m/lap. However, I believe using the walls are are great way to build explosive power in your legs and a great breathing threshold exercise in that you're holding your breath under water for a decent 4-7 sec per lap. Compound these benefits over a 1500m+ workout and the benefits of using the walls outweigh the small gains in meters swam by not using them.
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iamtb13 posted 13 weeks ago.
Trisport wrote:
Speaking from a swimming background: the difference is simply the extra push-off for every 50m swam. When swimming in a pool, the fastest points in any one lap are the start and the flip turn. For instance, I was a sprinter, and my time in a 50m free in a 25m pool was always at least .5sec faster than swimming it in a 50m pool.I don't think you should think too much about using the walls. Some would say there are cons in using the walls as it translates to open water swimming b/c it cuts swimming output by 5-10m/lap. However, I believe using the walls are are great way to build explosive power in your legs and a great breathing threshold exercise in that you're holding your breath under water for a decent 4-7 sec per lap. Compound these benefits over a 1500m+ workout and the benefits of using the walls outweigh the small gains in meters swam by not using them.
+14.7 I wanted to add more but you nailed it.
Does anyone have experience or insight into why (for me, at least) swimming the same cummulative distance in a 50 meter pool is significantly harder than 25 yard pool? On the weekends I swim in a 50m pool (outdoors, on a college campus, co-eds getting some sun . . . so sweet), but 2000m in a 50m pool feels like 4000y on a 25y pool. The only thing I can think of is that 99% of my swims have been in a 25y pool and over the years I have become accustomed to hitting a wall and pushing off every 20 seconds.