Did you swim today?
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Half hour of open-water swimming in a very cold Adirondacks lake. Swam out to, around, and back from Peter Pan Island. I figure it was about 200 calories burned swimming and another 1,000 or so resisting hypothermia.0
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~50 minutes breast stroke, ~15 minutes pull buoy front crawl0
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Welcome back Bruce!!
(Suggest you listen to the doc and try a good week /10 days of really gentle swimming before very gradually increasing the pace/distance...your muscles will need easing in, and just cos day 1 goes fine, that doesn't mean by day 5 you won't be feeling it. Sorry to be dull, but I suseoct you are in a tortoise not hare wins the back to swimming race situation...maybe 10% increases each week?)
Not been swimming today - but taking it easy on the kitchen decorating, as pretty sure that is behind my shoulder pain. Still, the new colours look good....1 -
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girlwithcurls2 wrote: »No swimming for 3 days. We took our daughters with us camping and we climbed Mt. St. Helens in Washington state. Thank goodness for all of my swimming! It was a huge challenge, but so rewarding. It took us 7.5 hours to summit and 5.5 to come down. Still sore, but good sore
gently, I put my daughter in the summer swim league. It's called "pre-competitive," in that they have meets, but it's really low key. I'm not sure what to do when summer ends. I could put her in the last lessons to work on stroke work (more focussed work on butterfly, breast, etc), or I could keep her in the Teen Lessons where she started out. That would mean she would work on whatever the instructor felt was most important/next step, or if she wanted to focus on something, they would do that. I'm really hopeful that she's caught the swimming bug. It has done her little body so much good (she's short but strong). And I LOVE having a buddy!
That was a lot of climbing. Wow!
Great that they have a pre competitive category - that should help keep the interest up!
Those lessons are great not just for now, but for decades to come as she hopefully continues or resumes swimming for general fitness and recreation in later years.Bruceapple wrote: »Thanks to all, I love the smell of chlorine in the morning, it smells like Victory. So far so good, no pain, I might push a little bit more (longer time), still easy stroke and multiple strokes. I had not swam since April.
Wow. Welcome back!
I too thought we'd lost you for good after the diagnosis!
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Welcome back, Bruce. Good luck!
I swam 2000 yds in 54 minutes. Mixed freestyle sets with 6 - 50yd sprints in the middle. I have got to work on keeping a consistent fast pace. Those 50's were all over the place in times.0 -
Yahoo! Got back from China Thursday night. Allowed myself a day of trip recovery. Only exercised my trigger finger on Friday.
Saturday, Sunday and Today. 6000 yards each day. Chlorine addiction fed again 0 -
Thanks to all on the comments. I am to take it very easy, I do have "free bodies" in my shoulder joint.
Doc said it up to me maybe 3 months or maybe 3 years, just take it easy.
I agree with you gentlygently slow and easy. Today 1/2 mile @ 31 min.0 -
38 minutes backstroke pull buoy, 28 minutes breast stroke closed fist ..6 lengths sprint0
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20 minutes today at the lake. I was planning on more, but my 6.5 hour hike yesterday tired me out more than I thought.0
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2.508 km 53 min
Welcome back to the pool Gutzy!
Good job everyone!0 -
Welcome home, Gutzy - hopefully no more swimless trips....
Nice work, Folks - lots of great stuff posted!!!!
Back in today after no swimming last week, all freestyle workout: 250, 500, 1000, 1500, 1500, 1000, 500, 250 yards. Took a little time to shake the rust off, but not as much as I expected. In summer mode now, so Mondays & Fridays will be at the gym (different branch than my usual), Tuesdays & Thursdays will be at the community pool - it's a 19 yard pool so you will see some unusual yardages logged.....0 -
2 miles moderate effort without stopping, wearing my brace. No elbow pain. I resisted the idea of doing 3 miles. Trying to be smart.0
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2.5 km 57ish minutes0
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Yes, swam 1/2 mile @ 35 min, slow and steady wins the race and has less pain.0
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Good news Rob, & great job keeping the long term view in mind. It's very tough to resist the temptation when you're feeling good....0
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141 laps today. That is 10 yards over 4 miles. 0
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Later on last night and today my whole arm has been sore so the brace seems to be protecting the elbow but I suspect the shoulder issues are still causing problems. Maybe no more work-outs this week.2 miles moderate effort without stopping, wearing my brace. No elbow pain. I resisted the idea of doing 3 miles. Trying to be smart.0 -
WOW - great distance, Gutzy!!!!
1st day in the shorter pool (19 yards, so my distances are screwy), due to them getting set up late because the weather was off only got 30 minutes of actual swim time (about 40 minutes in the water): 190 free, 380 free, 6 x 152 I.M., 380 free....
Unfortunately I'm going to lose Thursday & Friday due to work....0 -
32 minutes front crawl, 17 minutes backstroke kickboard, 13 minutes breast stroke pull buoy0
Giggle... 
