As I understand how SWOLF is calculated, the pool size matters! The initial push after turns is the distance without strokes where the swimmer is fastest. At a smaller pool the swimmer makes more distance with fewer strokes, thus that should yield to better swim efficiency.
That's a great point. There are slight differences because of the walls particularly in a short course versus long course pool. Overall SWOLF is still a great way to evaluate progression over time.
I always had difficulty using SWOLF data. Whenever I review my workouts I see some lengths are having better SWOLF than the others. But by that time it's very difficult to connect what exactly I have done. I also noticed that I was getting those good swolfs on the board in this video or better when I was doing sprinting work before some event. Whenever I do an aerobic type of work or threshold it's far worse. It doesn't make much sense that my best rates are only when I do only race pace - how to measure the efficiency of the other types of work which is absolutely needed to condition my body?
Today the YMCA was having issues with manpower so the pool/sauna would be open for 45 minutes and then shutdown for 15 minutes. I was so worried that I swam really hard and got a 31 swolf. I swam 1500 m in 22:30 minutes. Unbelievable, I was not thinking about efficiency or getting a good score only that I got in my swim time in before they shut it down. Holy crap Batman 😁😁😁
I feel like if I try too hard to take fewer strokes it just means that I am having spikes of power output from my lats which is more tiring and not a good idea. Higher stroke count has a smoother power curve and therefore conserves energy over a long distance.
I've got a question: Isn't the number of strokes you take per lap also related to how tall you are? So, it would be harder for short swimmers to get a lower number, right?
Great question! Height and number of strokes per length are only semi-related. Someone who is 1.6m tall can take 14 strokes per length while someone 2.0m tall can take 20+ strokes per length and both people swim the same speed. Body position and stroke efficiency are a bigger role than height.
Hey. I'm a bit confused about counting the stroke rate in freestyle. If i do 8-9 strokes with my right arm and 8-9 with left per 25m, is my count 8-9 or 16-18? 8-9 seems more right, because it takes me 8 strokes to swim 25m butterfly 🙄
@@matejuresko9880 SWOLF is a relative number and varies greatly from swimmer to swimmer. Most adults swimmers who train for fitness are in the range of 40-60. Competitively trained swimmers will be lower, I'm about 30-32 depending on what phase of training/lifting I'm in. You next goal is to drop to 38!
Okay, since I just discovered you, I will be bugging you with a bunch of questions for a month or 6.... You don't mention any difference between spring SWOLF and spring SWOLF scores. I would expect spring to have higher stroke per lap than distance. I do practice laps where I swim 'long and strong' arm strokes, and 'short and fast' strokes. Some times in sprints, I feel like I am burning rubber as in pulling so fast and hard that the stroke loses efficiency....
Thanks for subscribing to our channel. The SWOLF score is a good measure of average swimming efficiency. Your lowest SWOLF score will be when you're swimming long and strong with the most efficiency. If you sprint with max effort you will disproportionally increase your stroke rate relative to decreasing your time.
Why not? You are taking the numerical value of your lap duration and adding that to the number of strokes you made in that duration, resulting in a number.
"You may not want to do 27x 50 fly" lol.
Very well explained and appreciated!
oh boy...that would be rough! I like 1 x 50 fly :)
As I understand how SWOLF is calculated, the pool size matters! The initial push after turns is the distance without strokes where the swimmer is fastest. At a smaller pool the swimmer makes more distance with fewer strokes, thus that should yield to better swim efficiency.
That's a great point. There are slight differences because of the walls particularly in a short course versus long course pool. Overall SWOLF is still a great way to evaluate progression over time.
I always had difficulty using SWOLF data. Whenever I review my workouts I see some lengths are having better SWOLF than the others. But by that time it's very difficult to connect what exactly I have done. I also noticed that I was getting those good swolfs on the board in this video or better when I was doing sprinting work before some event. Whenever I do an aerobic type of work or threshold it's far worse. It doesn't make much sense that my best rates are only when I do only race pace - how to measure the efficiency of the other types of work which is absolutely needed to condition my body?
Today the YMCA was having issues with manpower so the pool/sauna would be open for 45 minutes and then shutdown for 15 minutes. I was so worried that I swam really hard and got a 31 swolf. I swam 1500 m in 22:30 minutes. Unbelievable, I was not thinking about efficiency or getting a good score only that I got in my swim time in before they shut it down. Holy crap Batman 😁😁😁
I feel like if I try too hard to take fewer strokes it just means that I am having spikes of power output from my lats which is more tiring and not a good idea. Higher stroke count has a smoother power curve and therefore conserves energy over a long distance.
I've got a question: Isn't the number of strokes you take per lap also related to how tall you are? So, it would be harder for short swimmers to get a lower number, right?
Great question! Height and number of strokes per length are only semi-related. Someone who is 1.6m tall can take 14 strokes per length while someone 2.0m tall can take 20+ strokes per length and both people swim the same speed. Body position and stroke efficiency are a bigger role than height.
Hey. I'm a bit confused about counting the stroke rate in freestyle. If i do 8-9 strokes with my right arm and 8-9 with left per 25m, is my count 8-9 or 16-18? 8-9 seems more right, because it takes me 8 strokes to swim 25m butterfly 🙄
I think it’s 16-18
for free or back its every arm stroke for fly or breast its both of them together so it would be 16-18 for free for you.
Awesome!!!!
Great,thank you.
Could you mind telling me what person or organization created this test?
is swolf of 39 any good? thank you
im swimming freestyle, its count from 3000 km..
@@matejuresko9880 SWOLF is a relative number and varies greatly from swimmer to swimmer. Most adults swimmers who train for fitness are in the range of 40-60. Competitively trained swimmers will be lower, I'm about 30-32 depending on what phase of training/lifting I'm in. You next goal is to drop to 38!
Okay, since I just discovered you, I will be bugging you with a bunch of questions for a month or 6.... You don't mention any difference between spring SWOLF and spring SWOLF scores. I would expect spring to have higher stroke per lap than distance. I do practice laps where I swim 'long and strong' arm strokes, and 'short and fast' strokes. Some times in sprints, I feel like I am burning rubber as in pulling so fast and hard that the stroke loses efficiency....
Thanks for subscribing to our channel. The SWOLF score is a good measure of average swimming efficiency. Your lowest SWOLF score will be when you're swimming long and strong with the most efficiency. If you sprint with max effort you will disproportionally increase your stroke rate relative to decreasing your time.
Apple watch showed 42 swolf score for my 1000m swim
When my stroke count goes up. My swolf goes way up also. If I have a low stroke count swolf is in the 30s
why would you add a quantity of dimension time with a dimensionless quantity? It will give you a number but, no a physically meaningful one!
Why not? You are taking the numerical value of your lap duration and adding that to the number of strokes you made in that duration, resulting in a number.