Did you swim today?
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juliet3455 wrote: »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?
I'm betting that your kicking fast & furious without much distance gained to show for it - think more about generating power from the hips, making the kick strong instead of concentrating on how fast you can get your legs moving. A fast kick is effective for sprints, once you learn to generate that power but that's a little down the road. Go to YouTube & look up "2 beat kick", you'll get some nice drills to work on. You'll learn the feel of generating power, then you can adjust your kick speed to the type of swimming you're doing. The other thing to do is kick, kick & kick some more. Add some extra kick sets to your routine - not crazy yardage, but to do some kicking every day so that you get more attuned to the feel.....
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did another 21 lengths of aqua jogging (I'll do some actual swimming in time--promise) and even managed to pass some people (a first for me)!0
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Yesterday and this morning did 2km in 40 mins, then a 5 min cool down. Felt good.
Thanks for the tips McStraw on kicking - I know I have a fairly good speed, but its all in the arms as my kicks are really, really weak. I too shall look up that video and get my kickboard to the pool with me from now on.0 -
1500 43:320
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Thanks for the kicking tips McStraw. I usually just searched for swimming video - never thought of searching for 2 beat kick or kick videos. No swim yesterday - a corporation had sponsored the pool for the day so it was a day long free public/family swim. Great for the families/not for us laneys.0
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Yes, 2 miles @ 72 minutes0
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1k in under 36 mins (IM mainly) plus 300m of drills. So slightly faster and then a bit longer...happy with that. Especially as had not been trying for speed as knew would be going for longer.
An 8.30am swim - the end of the commuting crowd rather than my usual 'not working today' crowd. Expected high speeds and not much friendliness. Wrong on both counts.0 -
600 free / 400 kick & breathing exercises.
Regular Tuesday Night Swim Lessons.0 -
1500 44-odd minutes.
The time isn't really all that important because it was drills, drills, drills. My RIBS hurt, for pity's sake, so I really wasn't engaging my whole body on my stroke. Glad I caught it now rather than practicing it wrong for ANOTHER 100,000 times!0 -
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OK, AQ... because I work with deaf and hard of hearing kids, I have to ask--is that underwater MP3 player working on a bone conduction? They don't go INTO the ears, right? I'm really curious. I haven't been swimming long, but I have never seen one at my pool, and I think I'd notice THAT!. Super fun!! I'd be excited to get started too!
And no, I haven't been swimming. These last few days have been really busy. My daughter's swim class was cancelled due to lack of interest (teen beginners) this term, so without her as a reason to go, it's hard to leave her home alone 3 nights a week at dinnertime for my "me time." Been doing other things. I need to get back into it, but I'm also not beating myself up for not keeping up with my plans. That alone, is growth and improvement!
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Yes, 2 miles @ 71 minutes
Congratulations on your stuff; AQ0 -
Phase 1 of the big job that's kept me out of the pool is wrapping up a week early, so I can get back in & shake some rust off next week. Unfortunately, I'll probably miss the 2 weeks after that, but then I should hopefully be back in pretty much every day. I can't wait, I've missed it & I'm feeling the effects from not swimming.....0
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girlwithcurls2 wrote: »OK, AQ... because I work with deaf and hard of hearing kids, I have to ask--is that underwater MP3 player working on a bone conduction? They don't go INTO the ears, right? I'm really curious. I haven't been swimming long, but I have never seen one at my pool, and I think I'd notice THAT!. Super fun!! I'd be excited to get started too!
~Curly
Yep it works via bone conduction
You can google Neptune FinisBruceapple wrote: »Yes, 2 miles @ 71 minutes
Congratulations on your stuff; AQ
Good job Bruce!Phase 1 of the big job that's kept me out of the pool is wrapping up a week early, so I can get back in & shake some rust off next week. Unfortunately, I'll probably miss the 2 weeks after that, but then I should hopefully be back in pretty much every day. I can't wait, I've missed it & I'm feeling the effects from not swimming.....
So that makes 2 of us looking forward to next wk
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NoelFigart1 wrote: »1500 44-odd minutes.
The time isn't really all that important because it was drills, drills, drills. My RIBS hurt, for pity's sake, so I really wasn't engaging my whole body on my stroke. Glad I caught it now rather than practicing it wrong for ANOTHER 100,000 times!
Yep engaging that core really does change things up abit doesn't it?
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I did 22 lengths today--some of them I swam (kind of), some of them I floated, some of them I walked ... can't wait for my lessons to start0
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1300 38 min0
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Yes, 2 miles @ 70 minutes (PB)0
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850 in 30min; 16 lengths crawl, 18 lengths breast. More tug boat than speedboat!0
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finally cleared to go back in pool.
30 min refresher today.felt good,apart from cramping!0 -
Welcome back Cw - great news. And good to hear from you FishG - still putting some of your previous advice into practise!
Tugboat - Yogi? That amused me. Better to be a tugboat than a beached wreck!
Actually judging by the efforts at my pool you are doing grand being a tugboat, lots of people there doing very gentle or tentative or chatting in the shallow end swims ... Leisure cruisers? I like that people can get out of swimming what they need from it. The people with dodgy bodies who need to go slow, the elderly people who live alone and get a chat and to relax/strech their bodies safely, the adults who are just learning to swim...lots of those in my part of London (often grew up in places with no access to safe water/lessons I think). It is not ALL about speed/distance goals....
Swimming in about an hour...1 -
Thank you Gentlygently0
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This week was my first day back in the pool in awhile. Tuesday was sprints and today we worked on free and back stroke. I got to learn how to go from back crawl to the front to flip for a turn. Now I just need to practice my flip turns.
My Masters group is having a Swim Meet at the end of the month. I have committed myself to signing up for a couple races. We will see how that goes.0 -
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It's really great to see everyone posting that they're swimming.0 -
no swimming for a few days for me... I have knee pain. I swear I'm the only person I know who injures themselves from aqua jogging and swimming in the shallow end of the pool! have a physio appointment on Tuesday so hopefully will get back on track soon..0
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newoutlook2014 wrote: »no swimming for a few days for me... I have knee pain. I swear I'm the only person I know who injures themselves from aqua jogging and swimming in the shallow end of the pool! have a physio appointment on Tuesday so hopefully will get back on track soon..
I get knee pain every so often too. On my end it's a genetic issue - runs in the family.
Must be something to do with the way the bones are formed or something.
It's a large part of the reason I prefer swimming to walking/jogging any day!0 -
2000 yards ~1:00:00
Drills, drillls and more drills. I want to get my money's worth out of the swim lessons.0 -
Endurance Training today. Hard workout with a tough coach, but she said my endurance was already improving after a week of swimming again.
Total Distance 2400 meters on a long course.0 -
NoelFigart1 wrote: »2000 yards ~1:00:00
Drills, drillls and more drills. I want to get my money's worth out of the swim lessons.
Way to go Noel. Longest yet, right?ashenriver wrote: »Endurance Training today. Hard workout with a tough coach, but she said my endurance was already improving after a week of swimming again.
Total Distance 2400 meters on a long course.
Good job ashen. Those long course pools more tiring aren't they?
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NoelFigart1 wrote: »2000 yards ~1:00:00
Drills, drillls and more drills. I want to get my money's worth out of the swim lessons.
Way to go Noel. Longest yet, right?ashenriver wrote: »Endurance Training today. Hard workout with a tough coach, but she said my endurance was already improving after a week of swimming again.
Total Distance 2400 meters on a long course.
Good job ashen. Those long course pools more tiring aren't they?
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