questions for the swimmers...

couple questions for fellow swimmers, as I'm getting bored with my routine, as well as not seeing as many results.

Currently, I usually swim 2K in 43 minutes or so. First 1/2K is basic front crawl, then the next 1/2 is with hand paddles, then I'll do some arm only with paddles, fins only on my back, and either hand paddles or basic front crawl for the remaining K. Occasionally if I have time for it, I'll swim 3K in an hour.

I rarely get my heartrate up that high doing the routine I've been doing. I haven't focused on making it a cardio workout- obviously given the paddles and fins, muscle work has been a goal. I only ever do freetsyle and a little bit of legs only on my back. I have no interest in doing a real back stroke or butterfly. Used to do breast stroke, but don't like what it does to my neck.

So- how high do most of you get your heart rate during a swim workout? When I run, I can easily get to 80 or 85 of my max rate, when I swim, I can rarely EVER get past 70. (When running I train between the 70 and 85 mark).
And what should I do to mix it up? I know a woman in a group I was once in mentioned something about swim 50m in 45 seconds, wait 15 seconds, then swim another 50m in 45 seconds, it was called some thing like Y x 100's- I think... I don't know. Anyone know? And how many of them am I supposed to do? Do I do them in sets? How many should I be able to do before my time starts slipping? Any swim coaches out there???

Tue. Jan 9, 1:10am

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