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  1. Martha Gallagher
    Archived post
    #21
    Lev Borisov said:


    Quoted message said:

    Next, I've started breaststroke. At scholl in the dim and distance past we
    did crawl so I'm completley new to this stroke. However, I seem to be doing
    quite well with it. I can do 3/4 of a length now but I am totally tired
    after. Instructor says my stroke is very good so it's down to stamina.

    Don't take this "stroke is good" too literally. The instructor is trying
    to encourage you. It will become better though if you keep at it.


    Or, at least it can probably use improvement. But, hey, that's true for
    most of us.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    After say six weeks of trying - three 30 mins sessions a week, one
    lesson, two alone should I be able to go farther than this? I am
    reasonably fit - spent a lot of time on gym previously. Still a bit
    overweight tho.

    My experience is that fitness in other activities takes a while to catch
    up when you start something new. Even though I'm cardio fit on the
    treadmill or elliptical, it takes me some time to get back to being pool
    fit every summer. How much swimming are you actually doing when you're in
    the pool? At my pool I see a lot of people who spend a fair amount of time
    in the pool, but the greatest percentage of that time seems to be spent
    resting between laps. Obviously, they're not exactly building up their
    stamina.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    I see seemingly unfit (fat in some cases) looking guys effortlessly and
    leisurely doing several lengths and I wonder why can I not do that!

    One, because fat floats, so swimming is easier in some ways for the
    adiposity enhanced. Two, they're probably people who have been swimming
    for some time and are comfortable in the water. If this is still rather
    new to you, you're probably tense and not allowing the water to do part of
    the work for you.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Any help greatfully recieved!

    You might want to talk to your instructor about using fins. I never had,
    but I got introduced to them at a TI workshop. They make some of the
    strokes possible for me (I can just barely 'fly across the pool w/ out
    them and my technique suffers), but the added propulsion just makes the
    whole process of getting across the pool easier. And, since they help to
    build leg strength, I don't think of them as *cheating.*

    Good luck,

    Martha

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  2. Martha Gallagher
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    #22
    Lev Borisov said:


    Quoted message said:

    Next, I've started breaststroke. At scholl in the dim and distance past we
    did crawl so I'm completley new to this stroke. However, I seem to be doing
    quite well with it. I can do 3/4 of a length now but I am totally tired
    after. Instructor says my stroke is very good so it's down to stamina.

    Don't take this "stroke is good" too literally. The instructor is trying
    to encourage you. It will become better though if you keep at it.


    Or, at least it can probably use improvement. But, hey, that's true for
    most of us.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    After say six weeks of trying - three 30 mins sessions a week, one
    lesson, two alone should I be able to go farther than this? I am
    reasonably fit - spent a lot of time on gym previously. Still a bit
    overweight tho.

    My experience is that fitness in other activities takes a while to catch
    up when you start something new. Even though I'm cardio fit on the
    treadmill or elliptical, it takes me some time to get back to being pool
    fit every summer. How much swimming are you actually doing when you're in
    the pool? At my pool I see a lot of people who spend a fair amount of time
    in the pool, but the greatest percentage of that time seems to be spent
    resting between laps. Obviously, they're not exactly building up their
    stamina.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    I see seemingly unfit (fat in some cases) looking guys effortlessly and
    leisurely doing several lengths and I wonder why can I not do that!

    One, because fat floats, so swimming is easier in some ways for the
    adiposity enhanced. Two, they're probably people who have been swimming
    for some time and are comfortable in the water. If this is still rather
    new to you, you're probably tense and not allowing the water to do part of
    the work for you.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Any help greatfully recieved!

    You might want to talk to your instructor about using fins. I never had,
    but I got introduced to them at a TI workshop. They make some of the
    strokes possible for me (I can just barely 'fly across the pool w/ out
    them and my technique suffers), but the added propulsion just makes the
    whole process of getting across the pool easier. And, since they help to
    build leg strength, I don't think of them as *cheating.*

    Good luck,

    Martha

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  3. Martha Gallagher
    Archived post
    #23
    Lev Borisov said:


    Quoted message said:

    Next, I've started breaststroke. At scholl in the dim and distance past we
    did crawl so I'm completley new to this stroke. However, I seem to be doing
    quite well with it. I can do 3/4 of a length now but I am totally tired
    after. Instructor says my stroke is very good so it's down to stamina.

    Don't take this "stroke is good" too literally. The instructor is trying
    to encourage you. It will become better though if you keep at it.


    Or, at least it can probably use improvement. But, hey, that's true for
    most of us.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    After say six weeks of trying - three 30 mins sessions a week, one
    lesson, two alone should I be able to go farther than this? I am
    reasonably fit - spent a lot of time on gym previously. Still a bit
    overweight tho.

    My experience is that fitness in other activities takes a while to catch
    up when you start something new. Even though I'm cardio fit on the
    treadmill or elliptical, it takes me some time to get back to being pool
    fit every summer. How much swimming are you actually doing when you're in
    the pool? At my pool I see a lot of people who spend a fair amount of time
    in the pool, but the greatest percentage of that time seems to be spent
    resting between laps. Obviously, they're not exactly building up their
    stamina.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    I see seemingly unfit (fat in some cases) looking guys effortlessly and
    leisurely doing several lengths and I wonder why can I not do that!

    One, because fat floats, so swimming is easier in some ways for the
    adiposity enhanced. Two, they're probably people who have been swimming
    for some time and are comfortable in the water. If this is still rather
    new to you, you're probably tense and not allowing the water to do part of
    the work for you.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Any help greatfully recieved!

    You might want to talk to your instructor about using fins. I never had,
    but I got introduced to them at a TI workshop. They make some of the
    strokes possible for me (I can just barely 'fly across the pool w/ out
    them and my technique suffers), but the added propulsion just makes the
    whole process of getting across the pool easier. And, since they help to
    build leg strength, I don't think of them as *cheating.*

    Good luck,

    Martha

    --
    Sig pending

    Report
  4. Martha Gallagher
    Archived post
    #24
    Lev Borisov said:


    Quoted message said:

    Next, I've started breaststroke. At scholl in the dim and distance past we
    did crawl so I'm completley new to this stroke. However, I seem to be doing
    quite well with it. I can do 3/4 of a length now but I am totally tired
    after. Instructor says my stroke is very good so it's down to stamina.

    Don't take this "stroke is good" too literally. The instructor is trying
    to encourage you. It will become better though if you keep at it.


    Or, at least it can probably use improvement. But, hey, that's true for
    most of us.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    After say six weeks of trying - three 30 mins sessions a week, one
    lesson, two alone should I be able to go farther than this? I am
    reasonably fit - spent a lot of time on gym previously. Still a bit
    overweight tho.

    My experience is that fitness in other activities takes a while to catch
    up when you start something new. Even though I'm cardio fit on the
    treadmill or elliptical, it takes me some time to get back to being pool
    fit every summer. How much swimming are you actually doing when you're in
    the pool? At my pool I see a lot of people who spend a fair amount of time
    in the pool, but the greatest percentage of that time seems to be spent
    resting between laps. Obviously, they're not exactly building up their
    stamina.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    I see seemingly unfit (fat in some cases) looking guys effortlessly and
    leisurely doing several lengths and I wonder why can I not do that!

    One, because fat floats, so swimming is easier in some ways for the
    adiposity enhanced. Two, they're probably people who have been swimming
    for some time and are comfortable in the water. If this is still rather
    new to you, you're probably tense and not allowing the water to do part of
    the work for you.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Any help greatfully recieved!

    You might want to talk to your instructor about using fins. I never had,
    but I got introduced to them at a TI workshop. They make some of the
    strokes possible for me (I can just barely 'fly across the pool w/ out
    them and my technique suffers), but the added propulsion just makes the
    whole process of getting across the pool easier. And, since they help to
    build leg strength, I don't think of them as *cheating.*

    Good luck,

    Martha

    --
    Sig pending

    Report
  5. Martha Gallagher
    Archived post
    #25
    Lev Borisov said:


    Quoted message said:

    Next, I've started breaststroke. At scholl in the dim and distance past we
    did crawl so I'm completley new to this stroke. However, I seem to be doing
    quite well with it. I can do 3/4 of a length now but I am totally tired
    after. Instructor says my stroke is very good so it's down to stamina.

    Don't take this "stroke is good" too literally. The instructor is trying
    to encourage you. It will become better though if you keep at it.


    Or, at least it can probably use improvement. But, hey, that's true for
    most of us.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    After say six weeks of trying - three 30 mins sessions a week, one
    lesson, two alone should I be able to go farther than this? I am
    reasonably fit - spent a lot of time on gym previously. Still a bit
    overweight tho.

    My experience is that fitness in other activities takes a while to catch
    up when you start something new. Even though I'm cardio fit on the
    treadmill or elliptical, it takes me some time to get back to being pool
    fit every summer. How much swimming are you actually doing when you're in
    the pool? At my pool I see a lot of people who spend a fair amount of time
    in the pool, but the greatest percentage of that time seems to be spent
    resting between laps. Obviously, they're not exactly building up their
    stamina.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    I see seemingly unfit (fat in some cases) looking guys effortlessly and
    leisurely doing several lengths and I wonder why can I not do that!

    One, because fat floats, so swimming is easier in some ways for the
    adiposity enhanced. Two, they're probably people who have been swimming
    for some time and are comfortable in the water. If this is still rather
    new to you, you're probably tense and not allowing the water to do part of
    the work for you.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Any help greatfully recieved!

    You might want to talk to your instructor about using fins. I never had,
    but I got introduced to them at a TI workshop. They make some of the
    strokes possible for me (I can just barely 'fly across the pool w/ out
    them and my technique suffers), but the added propulsion just makes the
    whole process of getting across the pool easier. And, since they help to
    build leg strength, I don't think of them as *cheating.*

    Good luck,

    Martha

    --
    Sig pending

    Report
  6. Martha Gallagher
    Archived post
    #26
    Lev Borisov said:


    Quoted message said:

    Next, I've started breaststroke. At scholl in the dim and distance past we
    did crawl so I'm completley new to this stroke. However, I seem to be doing
    quite well with it. I can do 3/4 of a length now but I am totally tired
    after. Instructor says my stroke is very good so it's down to stamina.

    Don't take this "stroke is good" too literally. The instructor is trying
    to encourage you. It will become better though if you keep at it.


    Or, at least it can probably use improvement. But, hey, that's true for
    most of us.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    After say six weeks of trying - three 30 mins sessions a week, one
    lesson, two alone should I be able to go farther than this? I am
    reasonably fit - spent a lot of time on gym previously. Still a bit
    overweight tho.

    My experience is that fitness in other activities takes a while to catch
    up when you start something new. Even though I'm cardio fit on the
    treadmill or elliptical, it takes me some time to get back to being pool
    fit every summer. How much swimming are you actually doing when you're in
    the pool? At my pool I see a lot of people who spend a fair amount of time
    in the pool, but the greatest percentage of that time seems to be spent
    resting between laps. Obviously, they're not exactly building up their
    stamina.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    I see seemingly unfit (fat in some cases) looking guys effortlessly and
    leisurely doing several lengths and I wonder why can I not do that!

    One, because fat floats, so swimming is easier in some ways for the
    adiposity enhanced. Two, they're probably people who have been swimming
    for some time and are comfortable in the water. If this is still rather
    new to you, you're probably tense and not allowing the water to do part of
    the work for you.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Any help greatfully recieved!

    You might want to talk to your instructor about using fins. I never had,
    but I got introduced to them at a TI workshop. They make some of the
    strokes possible for me (I can just barely 'fly across the pool w/ out
    them and my technique suffers), but the added propulsion just makes the
    whole process of getting across the pool easier. And, since they help to
    build leg strength, I don't think of them as *cheating.*

    Good luck,

    Martha

    --
    Sig pending

    Report
  7. Martha Gallagher
    Archived post
    #27
    Lev Borisov said:


    Quoted message said:

    Next, I've started breaststroke. At scholl in the dim and distance past we
    did crawl so I'm completley new to this stroke. However, I seem to be doing
    quite well with it. I can do 3/4 of a length now but I am totally tired
    after. Instructor says my stroke is very good so it's down to stamina.

    Don't take this "stroke is good" too literally. The instructor is trying
    to encourage you. It will become better though if you keep at it.


    Or, at least it can probably use improvement. But, hey, that's true for
    most of us.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    After say six weeks of trying - three 30 mins sessions a week, one
    lesson, two alone should I be able to go farther than this? I am
    reasonably fit - spent a lot of time on gym previously. Still a bit
    overweight tho.

    My experience is that fitness in other activities takes a while to catch
    up when you start something new. Even though I'm cardio fit on the
    treadmill or elliptical, it takes me some time to get back to being pool
    fit every summer. How much swimming are you actually doing when you're in
    the pool? At my pool I see a lot of people who spend a fair amount of time
    in the pool, but the greatest percentage of that time seems to be spent
    resting between laps. Obviously, they're not exactly building up their
    stamina.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    I see seemingly unfit (fat in some cases) looking guys effortlessly and
    leisurely doing several lengths and I wonder why can I not do that!

    One, because fat floats, so swimming is easier in some ways for the
    adiposity enhanced. Two, they're probably people who have been swimming
    for some time and are comfortable in the water. If this is still rather
    new to you, you're probably tense and not allowing the water to do part of
    the work for you.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Any help greatfully recieved!

    You might want to talk to your instructor about using fins. I never had,
    but I got introduced to them at a TI workshop. They make some of the
    strokes possible for me (I can just barely 'fly across the pool w/ out
    them and my technique suffers), but the added propulsion just makes the
    whole process of getting across the pool easier. And, since they help to
    build leg strength, I don't think of them as *cheating.*

    Good luck,

    Martha

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