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    Beau
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    Hi everybody. I've been lurking here for a long time but never posted
    anything until today. I have gained a lot of good advice from you folks
    and I thank you for that.

    In 2 weeks (April 27th) I will be swimming the 50m free (maybe back &
    breast also)at the Senior Games here in my state of SC. Then in June I
    will be swimming the 50m free at the Transplant Games in Louisville, KY.
    I am mostly interested in improving speed at this time.

    My form is said to be very good although I have not yet tried the push
    the hands back 6 more inches of stroke as suggested here. For the last
    year I have been mainly swimming about 1,100m for fitness only. After
    about 40 minutes I then I hit the weight room for about 1/2 hour and
    maybe about 20 minutes or so on the tread mill. I do this routine M-W-F
    starting at 9AM starting with stretching.

    To prepare for my upcoming competition I have now started doing 50m
    sprints with a diving start and push turn. My 25m sprint free time is a
    little under 20 seconds and I "assume" my 50m might be around 45-50
    seconds. The 3 or 4 sprints with adequate rest in between exhausts me. I
    then fitness swim afterwards. I have noticed I am totally exhausted when
    I get home from my workout so I think I may be doing too much.

    Any advice as for training in this short period of time would be
    appreciated.

    A little about me:
    65 year old male, 6"2", 200 lbs. (not overweight), kidney transplant one
    year ago and doing well. I am on a huge amount of medications like
    immunosuppressants, blood pressure control, etc.. I was thinking about
    taking only the immunosuppressants right before the race time because I
    think the other meds interfere with my breathing and endurance. Due to
    my long term kidney failure I have developed osteoporosis so I am
    instructed to do weight bearing exercise like the weights and walking.

    Thanks very much.

    My Homepage: http://members.tripod.com/~beaulanger/

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  2. Steve Freides
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    "Beau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Any advice as for training in this short period of time would be
    appreciated.

    A little about me:
    65 year old male, 6"2", 200 lbs. (not overweight), kidney transplant
    one year ago and doing well. I am on a huge amount of medications like
    immunosuppressants, blood pressure control, etc.. I was thinking about
    taking only the immunosuppressants right before the race time because
    I think the other meds interfere with my breathing and endurance. Due
    to my long term kidney failure I have developed osteoporosis so I am
    instructed to do weight bearing exercise like the weights and walking.

    I hope you do not change your medication without your doctor's approval.

    Good luck at your meet.

    -S-

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  3. Beau
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    The Senior Games meet is around 9-10 AM tomorrow so I will only be
    about 2 hours late with the other medications. However, I always take my
    immunosuppressants exactly on time and would never deviate from this for
    any reason. I'm too happy to be alive. :-)

    I was curious what most competitive swimmers do 2-3 days prior to a meet
    in regards to food, working out and training, etc.?

    Thanks. :-)
    Beau

    Steve Freides said:

    "Beau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    I hope you do not change your medication without your doctor's approval.

    Quoted message said:

    Good luck at your meet.
    -S-

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  4. Steve Freides
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    "Beau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    The Senior Games meet is around 9-10 AM tomorrow so I will only be
    about 2 hours late with the other medications. However, I always take
    my immunosuppressants exactly on time and would never deviate from
    this for any reason. I'm too happy to be alive. :-)

    I was curious what most competitive swimmers do 2-3 days prior to a
    meet in regards to food, working out and training, etc.?

    Most athletes do some sort of taper before a competition, anywhere from
    doing a bit less than normal (uncommon) to cutting back significantly
    (normal) to stopping training completely (uncommon). What you would do
    depends on how you train - if you're not sure, I would consider cutting
    the volume of your training in half for the week before a competition.
    If you're swimming a long distance, keep some short sections in your
    routine at your goal pace to keep the feeling of swimming at that speed
    fresh. Many people, me included, find they don't necessarily feel their
    best at a competition if they take off the day before, so I often take
    off two days before then do some light training the day before.

    The same theme runs through all sports here - you've done the training,
    and nothing you'll do during the few days before a competition is going
    to make you better because training effect takes more than a few days to
    happen. The idea is to find what sort of things work best for you so
    that you feel fresh and ready to do your best at the meet.

    -S-

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  5. Beau
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    Thank you so much Steve. I did lay off swimming 2 days prior to my meet
    this morning and lifted light weights 3 days before only. Also loaded up
    on carbs the night before. It must have worked because I won gold in all
    4 events and had good times.
    They even had bowling this afternoon and, although I've bowled maybe
    twice in 5 years, I bowled a 185. I think a gold for that too in my age
    group. Yikes, I was smoking today. Must have just been one of those
    days. :-)
    Beau

    Steve Freides wrote:
    .....

    Quoted message said:

    Most athletes do some sort of taper before a competition, anywhere from
    doing a bit less than normal (uncommon) to cutting back significantly


    .....

    Quoted message said:

    The same theme runs through all sports here - you've done the training,
    and nothing you'll do during the few days before a competition is going
    to make you better because training effect takes more than a few days to

    Report
  6. Steve Freides
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    "Beau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Thank you so much Steve. I did lay off swimming 2 days prior to my
    meet this morning and lifted light weights 3 days before only. Also
    loaded up on carbs the night before. It must have worked because I won
    gold in all 4 events and had good times.
    They even had bowling this afternoon and, although I've bowled maybe
    twice in 5 years, I bowled a 185. I think a gold for that too in my
    age group. Yikes, I was smoking today. Must have just been one of
    those days. :-)
    Beau

    Congrats! Keep up the good work.

    -S-

    Quoted message said:


    Steve Freides wrote:
    ....

    Quoted message said:

    Most athletes do some sort of taper before a competition, anywhere
    from doing a bit less than normal (uncommon) to cutting back
    significantly


    ....

    Quoted message said:

    The same theme runs through all sports here - you've done the
    training, and nothing you'll do during the few days before a
    competition is going to make you better because training effect takes
    more than a few days to

    Report

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