Appreciate everyones help as I plunged back into swimming this winter. Only took one week off, but
skiied hard for six days that week. Suggestions re my time, endurance, stoke technique improvement
are greatly appreciated. More than anything, it is just nice to see where I am compared to the
experts, and experience my improvement over time.
Thinking about a masters group, just not sure if I am up to the schedule. The two closest are two
evenings 8-10 pm, plus Sat, (sat and sun in warm weather) Work and family schedules make that tough
as I usually have to work Saturdays. Also, that late in the evening I am pretty well "spent", then
find myself not being able to fall asleep till 1-2am. That then starts a cycle of sleep deprevation,
causing migranes, over eating, basically brain dead! I have been told (whether true or not) that a
morning work out is preferable. Opinions of the group please...I think these groups switch to am in
the summer months when they can swim outside. Maybe that is when I should consider. That said, I do
not want to be the slowest in the group either.
Comments on my work out please: I have worked with an instructor in the high school on this plan.
Would appreciate the critique, plus other alternatives. At the instructors advice I bought a pair of
tyr split fins for leg training. Here goes. Oh, 25 meter pool, 66 laps=mile. No flip turns,
generally no stopping except for equipment/costume (janet jackson fans)changes/malfunctions.
3 X 6freestyle, with one breast every 5 (slower, catch my breath) 18 2freestyle, as fast as I can
(my idea of a sprint!!!?) 2 20 with fins. 4-6 side flutter arms stretched out on side 20 4-6
backstroke flutter, arms at side 4-6 freestyle flutter/body rotation practice using kickboard 4-6
freestyle concentration of arm stroke technique. 2 X 1breast followed by 9 freestyle 20 2 freestyle
sprint 1 breast 2 freestyle sprint 1breast. 6
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Total Laps 66
cool down, breast, back, and practice flip turns (ick!)
As stated earlier on a previous post this is a 47-51 minute program. A little less time at the turns
and I am sure I can achieve my first goal of 40 minutes. You folks at 30 or less, I question if this
old body (55) could ever catch you.
Couple of things come to mind.
1) Should I go beyond the mile. ie: rest after the mile and then put in another 20 thirty laps of
practice???. Thus, the workout now exeeding one hour.
2) Are you better to rest or keep swimming only slower??? I was told in high school it was better to
keep the sensation of the water flowing around your body, thus stay swimming. That is why I do a
slow breast stroke between sets, and not rest for 30-60 seconds.
3) If you do rest between sets, how long should it be?
4) In my so called sprints, my time is better, by my number of strokes only drops a couple. I am at
25-27. I have along way to go to acheive the 17 someone noted here. Maybe it that was for the 25
yd pool!!! At seventeen I am at about 2/3's of a lap in the 25meter pool. What should my stoke
count objective be for a 25 meter lap?
Thx for putting up with me...JP