Increase Your Endurance with Swimming Workouts

Most beginners are interested in increasing both endurance and speed since these 2 abilities can help swimmers swim efficiently. Listed below are some tips to help you increase your endurance with swimming workouts and some must know facts about speed while practicing workouts. 

400 Meter Endurance Training Exercises
Beginners who have just started practicing swimming exercises should consider opting for 400 meter endurance exercises that consist of a warm up, the main set and a cool down. The warm up should consist of 4 sets of 25 counts each. The main set should consist of a drill and ladder exercise. The drill should consist of 2 sets of 25 counts each. The ladder exercise should consist of 25, 50, 50 and 25 counts in this order. The cool down should consist of 2 sets of 25 counts each.

800 Meter Endurance Training Exercises
After completing the 400 meter exercises, the swimmer can move on to 800 meter exercises which consist of 3 warm up sets, 2 drill sets, 7 ladder sets and 3 cool down sets. The warm up sets can range from 25 – 75 counts, with the first set being 25 counts and the last set being 75 counts. The 2 drill sets should consist of 25 counts of pulling exercises and 25 counts of kicking exercises.  The ladder sets should begin with 25, 50, 75, 100 counts and should end with 75, 50 and 25 counts. The cool down exercises should consist of 75, 50 and 25 counts in this order.

Endurance Exercises
Pulling exercises involve using a pull buoy and using only one arm to stroke and the other arm should be extended forward. The swimmer should first pull with the right arm keeping the left arm forward then he should pull with the left arm keeping the right arm forward. Kicking exercises can either involve using a kicking board or fins.

Speed
Although it is very tempting to learn how to swim with a good speed, beginners are encouraged not to concentrate on speed for the first few weeks. Beginners who are new to swimming workouts should concentrate on improving their form and increasing their endurance with the exercises mentioned above since doing so will eventually help them to increase speed. After learning the right form and increasing endurance, the swimmer can practice speed exercises once a week if he practices workouts thrice a week. Remember, the key to being a good swimmer is not only to swim with a good speed but also to learn how to swim correctly with good form while taking deep breaths.