Did you swim today?
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20x50@30 min0
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Some great swimming commitment going on fellow fishes! Well done all.
First 'serious' swim of the year today (after a couple of family splashabouts). 37mins to do 1k, mainly IM.
That's back to my form before latest health relapse - so pleased (if a bit knackered, hope I didn't overdo it...!).0 -
Great job, everybody!!!!0
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Yes, 2 miles @ 70 minutes
Thanks AQ0 -
Yes a short day due to work/pool schedule conflicts.
~ 750 meters @ 35 minutes.
Most of the Time was spent on the flutter board doing exercises from the Stroke Improvement class I am in. Legs are a little tired from the 5 km run at noon today.0 -
@ Noel
Congrats on the 100 km Badge.0 -
1300 ~38min. I am not quite sure, as I did not charge my watch and garmin is having sync issues, anyway. But, a decent time approximation, and still a jelly bean for the jar.0
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55 min. Lost count again (irritating)!0
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NoelFigart1 wrote: »1300 ~38min. I am not quite sure, as I did not charge my watch and garmin is having sync issues, anyway. But, a decent time approximation, and still a jelly bean for the jar.
Hmm, "jelly bean for the jar"? Great job on your swimming0 -
Yes, 2 miles @ 69 minutes (PB)0
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Nope
No bean in the jar. I didn't realize that by going right after work, there was only one lane open. Too crowded. Went home for a run instead. Trying again tonight. Well done, folks! 0 -
NoelFigart1 wrote: »1300 ~38min. I am not quite sure, as I did not charge my watch and garmin is having sync issues, anyway. But, a decent time approximation, and still a jelly bean for the jar.
Hmm, "jelly bean for the jar"? Great job on your swimming
Jelly Bean for the Jar
Basically, there's this metaphor for training that says each workout, no matter if it was short, long, good, bad or anything, counts as one jellybean. You have to fill the jar to be able to do your race or whatever.
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Hi all. This am worked on backstroke for the first 1/2 of practice then did freestyle fist drill 10x 50s@ 1min, then 10x 50s @ 1 min, then finished up with 3x 100 with paddles.0
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1 km doing different swim exercises in my Stroke Improvement Course.
As the saying goes a Jelly Bean in the Jar.
@ AquaticQuests : I feel your pain/frustration in losing count on your lengths/laps.0 -
Been going everyday this week so far i hope i can keep it up but if figure if i don't go swimming then i go for a 2 hr walk with the dog
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(100 Breast 300 Free 100 Back) X 3 43:300
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30 min
Been having trouble keeping count. Guess I'm abit distracted at the moment!0 -
600 free 200 back 200 breast.0
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2000 59:30
And a swim lesson. Gotta get that speed up!0 -
30 min in hotel pool....Yuk!0
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45 min.
Trying to go easy for the time being as I investigate some discomfort I've been having over the past week! Will probably get checked. Has me abit worried!
So instead I'm ticking down the speed and trying to be even more deliberate on all the elements of the stroke I can remember, and trying to make them all second nature!
Breathing without lifting whole head (ie one eye remains under and head remains low), high elbow catch, wrist above fingers on entry and elbow above wrist on entry, pulling back towards feet and not down towards bottom of pool, fingers going in first and not in a thumb first orientation, hand not crossing the midline on entry or at any point in the pull, legs straight and kicking from the hips, ankles loose and flexible but extended and stretched out on the kick, horizontal body position and stretched out with core remaining as controlled and tight as can be sustained, body rotation enabling maximum energy transmitted to pull, legs close together and no scissor kick, stroke rate not too slow, pull with maximum power, and carrying the power through the entire pull to the end where the hand approaches the hips and comes out increasing stroke length without gliding
So much to remember - it's like every week, there's an additional item to keep track of! But one day, one fine day, it will all click together, and boy what a day it will be!
Lol!0 -
Yes: 1 mile @ 35 min. + 1 mile @ 39 min0
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800 Free, 200 Breast, 200 Back, 200 Kick-Breathing exercises 60 mins0
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wow... impressive stats
not today but yesterday I aquajogged 20 lengths.. and today I booked swim lessons to start in 2 weeks to improve my technique0 -
600 free, 200 back, 200 breast, ~ 200 kick and breathing exercises, ~60 mins:
4 per lane so lots of extra mental work required to get in a decent swim.
Plus a little quality water slide time with my niece and nephews after lanes were done. Nothing as good as hearing the excited scream of a child having fun on the slide. Helps the family out as with the extra Adult one of us stays in the Recovery pool and makes sure the little ones get to the edge safely.
I love throwing the flippers on and doing a Dolphin kick at the bottom of the pool as long as I can because it gives them a big kick watching "Uncle fly under water".
The instructors in our Stroke Improvement and the Master's group have exposed us 40+ year old men who started swimming late in life as having a "Weak Kick" when compared to Ladies of the same vintage (Started swimming later in life) or people who took up swimming at an early age. The strange thing to them is that the bio-mechanics look right but there's just no power being developed when compared to other groups. Free and Breast stroke I am the fastest in the group of 8 - Backstroke - middle of the pack. Put a boogie board in our hands and tell us to do 2 lengths of kicking and I am dead last- sucking for air and everybody pass's me - from my perspective they seem to be flying. That's why I have added a lot of extra Kick/Breathing exercises to my routine.
Macstraw, AquaticQuests and others in the group - any hints or suggestions?0 -
yep went again today.. did 20 lengths aqua jogging0
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Yes, 2 miles @ 72 minutes0
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1300 39:40
Drills, drills, drills. Gotta get proper stroke mechanics into kenetic memory.0 -
25/50yards@35 min0
