Did you swim today?
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Swim lessons Drills, drills and drills. 700-800 m.0
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I'm taking my kids to the water park today; does that count?0
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1 hour yesterday,due to be a rest day but after an hour of tax/ pension/ finance paperwork inside on a sunny day i went for an overdue haircut then shower/ swim/ jacuzzi combi.
new strength routine from today, so just 20 min swim to see how i feel tomorrow as cardio after strength was previously leading to serious DOMS.0 -
I had that too when I swam after circuit training.1 hour yesterday,due to be a rest day but after an hour of tax/ pension/ finance paperwork inside on a sunny day i went for an overdue haircut then shower/ swim/ jacuzzi combi.
new strength routine from today, so just 20 min swim to see how i feel tomorrow as cardio after strength was previously leading to serious DOMS.
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Back in today after a week off, all freestyle: 250, 500, 1000, 1500, 1500, 1000, 500, 250 yards.....
It's amazing how much rust you can build in just a week, when I left off a week ago I was feeling really good in the water - felt like my form was back & I was feeling nice & strong. Today, it took almost the whole workout for my arms & shoulders to feel like they were starting to loosen up & I felt like I was flying out in all directions. My body was trying to convince me the whole time to just bail out & go home, but yet again thoughts of you guys kept me pushing through it. Here's hoping today was all I needed to shake the rust off & Monday goes much better......0 -
Mac, the limbs flying out in all directions is how I usually feel, but you guys keep me in the water too! It's more than accountability; it's all of the encouragement that you give. I know that especially for those of you who have swum for years, you have been where I am now, and you know that it will get better, but that I have to work through it.
This is a great community of support here. And I'm sure you know it, but you'll be back to feeling like your usual swimmy self in now time!0 -
Thanks, Curly - when I speak of you guys I mean it as encouragement more so than accountability. I take inspiration from all the posts about people pushing themselves to go further, how their times are dropping, how they're trying new things, how they're concentrating on certain areas & getting tem. I do feel a small sense of accountability in that I would feel hypocritical commenting if I wasn't willing to push through myself, but's it's so much more taking motivation than it is anything else. I think it's also somewhat therapeutic to be able to vent about not feeling it, & I think we all take something from it when we see that other people go through it too.......0
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No swim for me till Monday - Easter weekend means closed pool today and Sunday, and I don't go on Saturday's.
Distance per stroke - though really it's more like 'strokes per 25m'. I was taught that it's a much better way to gauge how something is working or how you're holding up when you're tired than speed.AquaticQuests wrote: »
Kida, what's DPS? And I know all about being absolutely kaput!Kida_Adeylne wrote: »1650m in 60 minutes. I got to my 5th sprint set (25 sprint, 25 recover, 50 stroke work) and I was just kaput. Wasn't until I got out of the pool that I figured it was probably because of Masters+Run yesterday that I was so low energy.
On the bright side, I was maintaining a good DPS even when I was so tired.
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see ...im a gamer geek ....DPS is 'damage per second' ...a measure of how effective your character is in a combat-centric game
52 minutes today ...felt totally outclassed by the guy a lane over today. He was 'lapping me' over and over.0 -
Kida - a few days off isn't necessarily a bad thing, gives your body a few days to rest & repair the muscles....
Stephen - Doesn't matter what somebody else was doing or how fast they were doing it, you're there for you & to get done the things you want to do. When I coach the kids I always tell them that they aren't competing against anybody else & nobody else in the pool matters, they're swimming against the clock & if their times trend down they are doing what they are supposed to. For workouts, if you get in the work you want in the timeframe you want & you keep feeling better you're doing what you're supposed to as well.....0 -
Laps last night, water fitness class this morning. It's going to be tricky to fit laps in on Saturdays now. I used to just hop over to the lap lane after class, but my daughter's lesson ends as my class begins, so it means that she has to wait almost 2 hours if I want to get laps/hot tub stretch/shower...0
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52 minutes ...1400m, mix of strokes. Missed my swim yesterday, first day in two months ...feel a tad guilty for breaking the streak0
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Juliet - smart move, a few days off now to recover prevents a lot more days off after getting sicker....
Stephen - Although it's great to have a streak, time off is necessary too. No reason to feel guilty, it's a good thing for the body to have a chance to rest & let the muscles repair.....
Happy Easter!!!!0 -
Morning wake up swim: 2 miles @ 66 minutes0
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All freestyle today: 250, 500, 1000, 1500, 1500, 1000, 500, 250
What I was hoping for came to pass - after a week off I really felt the rust when I swam on Friday. I was hoping that the rust would be gone & I would feel better in the water today, which I did. I felt stronger than Friday & (more importantly) my stroke felt much more like it was closer to where it should be. I didn't feel like I was all over the place. Here's hoping it carries through to tomorrow, especially the strength part, since I'm doing the IM workout.....
Have a great day, Folks!!!!!!!!0 -
Ah-ha, Mac!! So it worked! Awesome I love to hear that. Those rusty swims are so hard to work through, but when you get the swing back, it's such a good feeling. Great swim! 0
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I gave up after 1km today - to many darn kids around, and I was in a lane with one really fast 12 year old and one pretty slow 60 year old. But I got my drills in, so that's something.0
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51 minutes today ...chlorine was particularly strong today.0
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3 miles continuous. Don't know the time; 90+ minutes. I usually forget to keep track of my starting time. Not that important to me at this distance.0
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Morning wake up swim: 2 miles @ 71 minutes0
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I.M. workout today: 250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 200 free, 3 x 200 I.M., 2 x 100 I.M., 1000 free, 500 free, 250 free in 97 minutes......0
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Master's practice. Different coach today, so different style of workout. Some were complaining that he didn't really give any tips - I got some, but only because my arm was hurting after he told me to keep my elbow up and I asked questions. Apparently still need to rotate more!0
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Yep, grabbed 30 min after work. Working on that weaker side breathing among other things.0
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Kida_Adeylne wrote: »Master's practice. Different coach today, so different style of workout. Some were complaining that he didn't really give any tips - I got some, but only because my arm was hurting after he told me to keep my elbow up and I asked questions. Apparently still need to rotate more!
A coach that doesn't talk much? Hmmm...0 -
hmmm?AquaticQuests wrote: »
A coach that doesn't talk much? Hmmm...
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Masters practice. I think I probably got in 1800 yards of various drills in an hour. I got to wear my new suit!
Our coach is not one to give a bunch of tips unless you are a new swimmer. I don't necessarily agree with it but that's her style. 0 -
Welcome, mpeters!0
