500 meter swim?

Question

I started swimming a month ago and couldnt do 100 meters at once.. Now I am up to doing 500 meters but in 13 minutes how can I lower that time faster?

Answer 1

breathe less, kick more, dont sprint in the beginning! pace yourself, kick off the wall strong-it gives you a boost! streamline and kick 4 butterfly kicks before going up to the surface.

Answer 2

I think the best thing to do is to practice. The more you swim the easier it will get. When you practice you should do a lot of yards...and they should be sets of 1000. Then when you swim the 500 it will seem easy.

Answer 3

lengthen your arms and shorten up your flip turns. Also kick fast, but small kicks. This helped me go down to a 6:30

Answer 4

Use a comfortable breathing pattern, like every 3 strokes.

Also, streamline as far as you can without losing speed, and do 4-6 dolphin kicks off every wall.

Faster flipturns-- you can flip faster by tucking your chin into your chest.

Also, rotate your body as you take strokes and lengthen each stroke. This is will help you go faster & take less strokes across the pool. Reach more with your arms and rotate hips.

Finally, just work hard. Put in some good core & ab work and swim some aerobic sets on a set interval. good luck!

Answer 5

get a timing down for your stroke

breath less

flip turns(important)

to practice for the 500, swim 1000 or mile swims (they sound hard but there not just relax)