Did you swim today?
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NoelFigart1 wrote: »*headscratch* Were you afraid of getting wet?
Lol! No it's the potential of electrocution from lightning strike that works as sufficient motivation. Usually I wait for abit in he pool if it's not too intense I swim through it. This time though, it was an all out downpour and just had to call it quits! Irritating though!
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It also elevates your metabolism for the whole day, which is probably more helpful for weight loss. I've always been a morning person, in that I love to get up very early, have my coffee, read, think, or watch TV, mostly lazy things like that. When I used to be a runner, I would occasionally take a long run and really enjoyed it, I must say, but in general I like to get the stress relief from working out after I've started experiencing the stress of the day. But, all too often, there's just too much stress that I can't get away from work until late and I like to spend evenings with my kids. So that leaves mornings, I guess if I want to consistently make time for working out. Like the rest of the world does it. But I must say that it is a lot easier to find a parking space at my gym at 5:20 am.Rob - I'm also not a morning person, but I do much better getting my swim in at 6am when the pool opens. At least it gives me the rest of the day to get stuff done, when I used to go later it killed the entire day...
I'm finding my weight plateauing (which happens fairly often for me), I think because my body gets used to the workouts I do - I've heard it referred to as the "Postman's Syndrome", a mail carrier who walks all day still puts weight on because his/her body adjusts to the amount of walking. Don't know if it's true or not, & since weight loss isn't my priority (although I'm happy with the weight I HAVE lost & could stand to lose another 30 or so lbs.), I don't really care all that much. Keeping my strength up because of the neuropathy associated with my autoimmune disorder is the highest priority, followed closely by cardio health & overall health (blood pressure, resting pulse rate, blood work #'s, etc.)......0 -
Good to see all the new people in the group ... And some good swims by regulars too.
I'm pleased with today's effort. I've been working on building distance back up, and my daughter's new swim lesson is an hour long. So I just swam for the full hour (I usually do 30-45 mins) too.
1750m later... My longest recorded swim (by 50m!). I was proudly congratulating myself on having done a mile. But I checked and realise a mile is actually c1600m (real mile that is) - so I sailed past that goal. And also proved to myself I can do a decent swim early evening.
Hoping my body doesn't go into a fatigue slump (I'm not meant to do big pushes in activity like this, a CFS thing) but I have been working up to it, and it was time to find out what the body can do. I am very pleased with what it did!
I am just sitting in a car all day tomorrow anyway. Off on hols....so not sure if any swimming will happen for a bit.
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Excellent. So you've actually been doing a mile for a while! That's a great milestone.gentlygently wrote: »Good to see all the new people in the group ... And some good swims by regulars too.
I'm pleased with today's effort. I've been working on building distance back up, and my daughter's new swim lesson is an hour long. So I just swam for the full hour (I usually do 30-45 mins) too.
1750m later... My longest recorded swim (by 50m!). I was proudly congratulating myself on having done a mile. But I checked and realise a mile is actually c1600m (real mile that is) - so I sailed past that goal. And also proved to myself I can do a decent swim early evening.
Hoping my body doesn't go into a fatigue slump (I'm not meant to do big pushes in activity like this, a CFS thing) but I have been working up to it, and it was time to find out what the body can do. I am very pleased with what it did!
I am just sitting in a car all day tomorrow anyway. Off on hols....so not sure if any swimming will happen for a bit.
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62 minutes ...starting to acclimate to additional crawls in the rotation ...0
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Fantastic, Gently = well done!!!0
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Hit the Pool at Noon. 1200m. First 750m - Front Crawl in 18 minutes and then mixed drills/strokes for the next 450m.
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B.B King RIP. September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015.
I managed to see him Live 3 times, Toronto Ontario, Edmonton Alberta and Auckland New Zealand.
Edmonton and Auckland were in smaller facilities where everyone was up close to the stage with a great view and interaction with The King. Great Performer who loved plucking the strings.
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Shortened I.M. workout today, I dropped a 1000 free set so I could go meet my wife in time: 250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 500 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 250 free......0
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Hit the Pool at Noon. 250m free, 250m breast, 250m back, 100m free, 100m breast, 100m back. 100m free sprint. Hot Tub!0
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gentlygently wrote: »
1750m later... My longest recorded swim (by 50m!). I was proudly congratulating myself on having done a mile. But I checked and realise a mile is actually c1600m (real mile that is) - so I sailed past that goal. And also proved to myself I can do a decent swim early evening.
Great job with the personal best! It seemed impossible then it was done!stephenrhinton wrote: »62 minutes ...starting to acclimate to additional crawls in the rotation ...
Yep - freestyle is the business!juliet3455 wrote: »B.B King RIP. September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015.
I managed to see him Live 3 times, Toronto Ontario, Edmonton Alberta and Auckland New Zealand.
Edmonton and Auckland were in smaller facilities where everyone was up close to the stage with a great view and interaction with The King. Great Performer who loved plucking the strings.
I'm a guitarist too, though never saw him live. RIP!Shortened I.M. workout today, I dropped a 1000 free set so I could go meet my wife in time: 250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 500 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 250 free......
Good a reason as any to drop 1,000 yards
juliet3455 wrote: »Hit the Pool at Noon. 250m free, 250m breast, 250m back, 100m free, 100m breast, 100m back. 100m free sprint. Hot Tub!
Hot tub after a swim! The best!
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I finally got some time for laps last night. I've been barely able to get to my aqua fitness class lately. Staying for laps messes with the family schedule right now.
I felt pretty good-working on bilateral breathing with a pull bouy. Without having to keep my kick going, I can actually swim continuously, which is totally new for me. I finally swam until I was just sore and tired. It felt incredibly good. Headed back this morning for another class and will get some laps in beforehand while my daughter has a lesson. Mmmm, mmm, good
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4 miles. 2 of those were masters swim practice. I hate kickboards!0
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Great job. It was my experience with a pull buoy that taught me to use a minimal kick when swimming long distances (freestyle). When racing shorter distances I kick much more, but for long distances it doesn't seem to matter much for time and it is a lot easier.girlwithcurls2 wrote: »I finally got some time for laps last night. I've been barely able to get to my aqua fitness class lately. Staying for laps messes with the family schedule right now.
I felt pretty good-working on bilateral breathing with a pull bouy. Without having to keep my kick going, I can actually swim continuously, which is totally new for me. I finally swam until I was just sore and tired. It felt incredibly good. Headed back this morning for another class and will get some laps in beforehand while my daughter has a lesson. Mmmm, mmm, good
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Robertus, that is exactly what happened. Even when I ditch the bouy, my kick is slower and my whole body feels more controlled. I got 30 min in before class. I was up at 5:20, which is not usual for me, but I think for the first time in a long time, I slept the night through. I need more of this!0
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Yesterday's session
2650SCM
Including 800m of kick!!
200 warmup
2x
200 free
100 kick
150 free
100 kick
2x50 free 5 seconds rest between
100 kick
100 kick
2x50 free
100 kick
150 back
6x50 as 2x fly/back back/br br/free
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girlwithcurls2 wrote: »Robertus, that is exactly what happened. Even when I ditch the bouy, my kick is slower and my whole body feels more controlled. I got 30 min in before class. I was up at 5:20, which is not usual for me, but I think for the first time in a long time, I slept the night through. I need more of this!
I would bet that's the impetus behind the 2 beat kick, trying to create more power with each downbeat as opposed to kicking as fast as possible. I was never "taught" a 2 beat kick, but after seeing it discussed I paid more attention to my kick since I've always been a distance swimmer (200 & 500 yard freestyle were my main events in high school, along with sometimes doing the 100 fly) & it turns out that that's what my kick became naturally. I could never sustain a fast-paced kick over the longer distances, so it evolved into more of a power kick.....0 -
My problem lately is I have not been kicking much even with sprints. For some reason my brain "forgets" to tell my legs/feet to kick. It is really very odd as I have always been more of a sprinter, even in track. Perhaps it is because I haven't swam for years? Odd...0
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61minutes today, felt strong. I'm dog/house sitting this weekend so the last two days i did drylander workouts, felt so good to get back in the pool. My calves really protested the dryland work during the swim.0
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Great job. It was my experience with a pull buoy that taught me to use a minimal kick when swimming long distances (freestyle). When racing shorter distances I kick much more, but for long distances it doesn't seem to matter much for time and it is a lot easier.girlwithcurls2 wrote: »I finally got some time for laps last night. I've been barely able to get to my aqua fitness class lately. Staying for laps messes with the family schedule right now.
I felt pretty good-working on bilateral breathing with a pull bouy. Without having to keep my kick going, I can actually swim continuously, which is totally new for me. I finally swam until I was just sore and tired. It felt incredibly good. Headed back this morning for another class and will get some laps in beforehand while my daughter has a lesson. Mmmm, mmm, good
Yep. With swimming, the kick contributes something like 5- 10% of forward propulsion while body position etc and primarily pull contributes the other 90%.
For sprints that 10% is crucial and is often the difference between 1st and last place. But for the longer swims, with a conservative kick, you save lots of energy while not sacrificing much time at all.
But it's because of this, and the fact that I have primarily trained long swims, that I'm trying to do abit more leg work in the gym, to strengthen them as distance swimming doesn't test them, as much as say running, as well as sprint training in the pool, so that my legs are not left behind.
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After a busy weekend with a few parties and too much party food, I slept poorly last night and woke up kind of late. Because of all the party food, I still dragged myself to the pool and swam 1500yds (3 500's with 30 sec rest) in about 40 minutes. Glad I did. Brains are less fuzzy than they would be otherwise.0
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I.M. workout today, got the full thing in: 250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 500 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 1000 free, 250 free in 98 minutes.........0
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Have my mile swim event coming up on Friday so I've been taking it a bit easier. In the pool today though. 2km in 60 mins. All freestyle, 4 x 500 meters. Took about a minute break in between each set.0
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6000 wake up swim
Pushed hard the first 2000 free. 500 kick/burner. 500 free, 500 pull buoy/pads, 2500 free.
Hoping lightning doesn't keep me from getting in a bonus 100 laps in after work. Want to get 10km for the day.0 -
I, too, dragged myself in this am. I didn't feel quite right and told myself that I would just do plain 'ole laps instead of my usual. Anyway, I had a great workout that included easy laps, kick sets, and sprints. Swam an hour.0
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Yes, I am back; 1 mile @ 50 minutes, starting out easy.0
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Great to see you back, Bruce!!!!0
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@emmab0902 Welcome to the Chlorine/Salt/Fresh/Open Water Gang.
Victoria Day long weekend in Canada ( Queen Victoria's Birthday - Any excuse is a good excuse for a long weekend in the spring ) Did over 14 km of walking yesterday so dragging my @ss badly today. Noon hour swim- what normally would take 20 minutes (750m free sprint) took 40 mins due to motivational gravity. Took the full hour to get a 1000m done.panhandle8 wrote: »I, too, dragged myself in this am. I didn't feel quite right and told myself that I would just do plain 'ole laps instead of my usual. Anyway, I had a great workout that included easy laps, kick sets, and sprints. Swam an hour.
750m free, 200 breast, a very difficult drunken sailor 50 back ( wandered all over the lane ).
Just had nothing in the tank today.
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62 minutes, 3:1 crawl ratio ...found i could count since every 4th length was different. so 52 min mile, 1925m total.0
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Couldn't swim yesterday due to rain.
Today was gym day, and I'm definitely stronger on that treadmill now. Guess that week away from swimming may have had something to do with it!0
