Did you swim today?
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Hi, new to the group!
I did swim today, and it was awesome because I had a whole lane to myself for most of my swim! I haven't been keeping track of my distances yet since I just started swimming again a couple weeks ago, but I swam for over 40 minutes today (up from 30 minutes when I started).0 -
It's so awesome to see so many people making such great progress with distance and time etc. You guys are all amazing. Long live swimming!!
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That sounds heavenly! I hope you're enjoying yourself.drummer_lady wrote: »Hi, new to the group!
I did swim today, and it was awesome because I had a whole lane to myself for most of my swim! I haven't been keeping track of my distances yet since I just started swimming again a couple weeks ago, but I swam for over 40 minutes today (up from 30 minutes when I started).
Yesterday, I swam 1 km in about 25 minutes. I did some HIIT and really got my heart rate up there on the sprints - 160 bpm. I can't wait to be done work so I can head to the pool tonight.
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2.5 km 56ish minutes
Lost count abit and also interrupted half way by a young hot rod who jumped into the pool with great pomp and circumstance halfway through my 100 laps and immediately challenged me to a one length sprint race! Weird!
I obliged then proceeded with another 50 lengths while he wandered off somewhere - perhaps abit dejected that I beat him!
I was happy they found my trunks which I'd left behind last week Glad I didn't waste money on yet another pair of expensive trunks unnecessarily! 1 -
Great to read all the amazing and encouraging progress by all the oldies and newbies on the forum! Wow, it's lively in here!TheFranLover wrote: »Short course yards, total 3,050 yards, about 45 minutes or so.
....then 20 minutes of band work. Hate it, but have to do it for my broken shoulders.
3,000 yards in 45 min and with a busted shoulders on top of it all! Fran that sort of slow speed just will not do! Lol!
What - did someone go for a poop in the pool? Oh my oh my!Then I see the lifeguard bring out some crazy equipment I've never seen before...and don some blue plastic gloves...and I decided that I didn't really need to finish my swim and went to take a shower. <shudder> Hopefully I can get the image out of my head before tomorrow's swim!More people doing freestyle today.
Only got hit in the head once. So it was a good swim.
I have realised there is such a thing as positive peer pressure in the pool. Once in awhile I will go into a chaotic pool situation and begin to swim lengths, and before you know it, suddenly everyone turns serious and by the end of the swim all are doings laps!
Strange but true!
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AquaticQuests wrote: »2.5 km 56ish minutes
Lost count abit and also interrupted half way by a young hot rod who jumped into the pool with great pomp and circumstance halfway through my 100 laps and immediately challenged me to a one length sprint race! Weird!
I obliged then proceeded with another 50 lengths while he wandered off somewhere - perhaps abit dejected that I beat him!
I was happy they found my trunks which I'd left behind last week Glad I didn't waste money on yet another pair of expensive trunks unnecessarily!
Way to show those young ones. And so glad to hear your trunks are found!
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2500 in 60 minutes. Another squeezer between meetings.0
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Trying to get into the schedule i think I'm going to do once school starts again, so swam this evening and only had time for 36 minutes but i managed to do 1400 yds in that time.
300 warm up
4x 50 pull/50 kick/50 swim
4x interval+10
...and then there were 8 minutes until we got kicked out so i did another 300.0 -
Like @AquaticQuests I am impressed by all the New Swimmers just learning, Old Swimmers getting back into the splish/splash and all the Long time members for there speed/distance and continuous encouragement of everyone.
As one of the Life-Guards/Swim Instructors said in my lessons last year everyone can learn from anyone no matter what their experience/skills. We all have different swim experiences and someone with less experience may have fought through the same issue that a "Mature" swimmer is suddenly fighting with. I remember reading how @stephenrhinton said that breathing was a pause in the stroke - I had never thought of it as that- applied that simple comment to my weak side breathing to slowdown the process and was able to improve my bilateral breathing.
Now If only I could figure out why I get a Vertigo like feeling after about 250m of bilateral. Doesn't matter if I am doing Flip turns or Touch and Goes, as soon as I go full Bilateral it's pretty consistent around 250m. Instructor/lifeguard said she would watch me after the triathlon is done to see if she can pick anything out. I suspect it is something to do with my Head turn-Body roll but hard to self analyse from in the water.
Due to the restriction on no Recording devices on deck unless in Private Rental Periods ( to many in-appropriate videos taken without consent ) I have no way to view my swim.0 -
1700SCM
Masters
Short but evil
8X50 RIMO
10X25 mixed balance/rotation drills
6X100 free as odds fast evens steady on 2.30 push no dive
Fast ones were 1.15 1.15 and 1.13
8X50 mix kick pull and swim
50 easy
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1300 m today in 50 min.0
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Good job all! I swam the swimming kind of stuff that I do. No idea of time or distance. Left my watch in my bag. It was that kind of morning.
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36 min of sprints
40 x 25m full on with 15 second rests - sometimes longer rests - sometimes much longer rests 0 -
2700 in 70 minutes. Third swim of the week.0
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I managed to add another 100 yards for 1,200 yards total. I also went from doing 50 free/50 breast sets to 75 free/25 breast. I hadn't wanted to go, but it felt so good to be in the water! Still took me about an hour, but I'm pleased to continue to make progress.0
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61 minutes ...lost count on laps so I don't know my distance, 13 sprint laps.0
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45 minutes - Front and Breast stroke mixture. Probably 1000m-1500m.
Again no real plan - Tapering off on all exercise for Sunday Morning Triathlon.0 -
You guys make me feel so slow... BUT If my estimateS and calculations are correct (maybe someone more skilled than I at math can help), I think I'm swimming 6x faster than when I started on July 6!
I swam 1500 m in 45 minutes yesterday. After two days without swimming, it felt great to be back in the water. All breaststroke (freestyle swimming class today!). And a podcast on Amy Winehouse and medical marijuana (different stories!).
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Hello everyone - i am back on the boards and will be staying vocal for longer this time. Have still been swimming regularly but did lose the passion for a bit. It seems to be back now so i will be logging swims more regularly now.
I also found out the in London if i join the public better gym network ( they run a lot of public pools now) on a swim only monthly pass i will save 50 % on my private membership! Plus i can use the pass in all better gym pools so am not restricted in where i can go.
So this morning i tried out one of the pools which was a nice size and clean, but way busier than i am used to. On the plus side, i had to jump in the fast lane and as i was the slowest i really had to push. So i think that switching to the public pools is the way for me to get better as i was getting complacent and bored in my old place. Being able to check out all sorts of old and new places in London without extra cost is also a bonus.0 -
Hello everyone - i am back on the boards and will be staying vocal for longer this time. Have still been swimming regularly but did lose the passion for a bit. It seems to be back now so i will be logging swims more regularly now.
I also found out the in London if i join the public better gym network ( they run a lot of public pools now) on a swim only monthly pass i will save 50 % on my private membership! Plus i can use the pass in all better gym pools so am not restricted in where i can go.
So this morning i tried out one of the pools which was a nice size and clean, but way busier than i am used to. On the plus side, i had to jump in the fast lane and as i was the slowest i really had to push. So i think that switching to the public pools is the way for me to get better as i was getting complacent and bored in my old place. Being able to check out all sorts of old and new places in London without extra cost is also a bonus.
That is pretty darn cool! Great discovery!0 -
2.5 km 56 min.
Today I was concentrating on the timing of my stroke and working the hands and legs as one, to try and engage the whole body more, rather than just the legs, and get a good long stroke, while maintaining the stroke rate.
Will probably be focussing on this for some time to come!0 -
Great job everyone.
@60sPanda I also enjoying it when I visit a new pool and get to see the different cultures and swimmers at each pool.
So getting to sample that many will be fun 0 -
2600 y in 68 min. If I'd gotten to the pool 2 minutes sooner, I could have done my full 27000
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1800 SCY 28:43
200 back
150 back pull
150 back kick
100 back
200 breaststroke
150 breaststroke pull
150 breaststroke kick
100 breast stroke
4x50 sprints on the 1:30 off the wall with splits at 32.2, 31.9, 33.2, and 35.3
150 pull
150 kick
200 cool down0 -
Wow, I've been away a long time. Swam an hour today. Good to be back in the pool. Planning on swimming more often but shorter distances and hope the shoulder/elbow issues do not resurface.0
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Welcome back Robertus. Glad to see you protecting your shoulder and easing back into the routine.0
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yah good to see you here again Robertus
61 minutes, 1900m, mixed strokes, 15 sprints0 -
Second swim today
150 warm up
8 x 75 free for 50 then choice on 1:30
2 x 100 pace, 50 sprint, 25 easy with sprint splits at 29.3 apiece
4 x 50 kick drill
400 spitfire
4 x 25 reducing breaths across the pool by two breaths each time
100 cool down.
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I didn't properly swim yesterday, but am excited to put into practice what I learned yesterday in my swim lesson (only 25 minutes). I asked to learn freestyle, but he mostly focused on my breaststroke, since it's what I do most...and told me I'm lucky I have such a powerful kick, otherwise I would sink... Oh. I've been looking ahead, instead of down, this whole time, and using my arms far more vigorously than I'm supposed to. My concern (I know it sounds stupid), is that if I put his techniques into practice, as he said, I'll be expending 1/3 of the energy I was before, and going just as far, just as fast, but with fewer strokes... But I want it to be a workout! None of this gliding and letting the water do the work for me!
The good news is he said my backstroke is very good. At least I have that.
Hopefully today's lesson (with a different instructor) will focus more on freestyle, too.
Unfortunately, they only teach kids during the school year, so today is the last class for a while!0 -
LCroissant wrote: »My concern (I know it sounds stupid), is that if I put his techniques into practice, as he said, I'll be expending 1/3 of the energy I was before, and going just as far, just as fast, but with fewer strokes... But I want it to be a workout! None of this gliding and letting the water do the work for me!
You'll still be able to expend the same energy - only going a whole lot faster. Unless you want to maintain the current speed, in which case, like you point out, a more efficient stroke but maintaining a slower speed will mean less calories burned!
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