Pool Workouts
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Success!
Today I aqua jogged for 35 minutes using resistance booties. Much of this time was spent running as fast as I could in the water and then my muscles burned I switched to cross country skiing in the deep end of jumping jack moves. It is challenging but it is helping improve my walking and burning calories.
Hope everyone is having a great day and fun in the pool.
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Hi there. How is everyone doing? This AM I swam at the pool. Someone noticed my pink goggles and snorkel and asked me if they were anything special, I told them no, just average snorkel set. I had on a new bathing suit, black with pink trimming so I think I looked like I was trying to match when it happens this bathing suit comes with the pink trimming and the snorkel set that fit when I bought it was pink. So I am stylish in the pool without any effort, LOL.
I swam 35 minutes, 30 lengths. Can't seem to increase the number of lengths within that timeframe but perhaps overtime that will happen naturally. I do think I am swimming better and faster (at least that is my perception).
Hope you all have a great day.
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Love the fashion forward swim stylin'!!! Last year I got myself this crazy flowered swim cap, just for fun. I loved it, but my DD refused to be seen in the pool with me
I figured you can't take life that seriously sometimes! At the end of the day, it was too hot to wear (it was covered in rubber floppy flowers!!!), but I am trying to get up to a swim store I heard about that has some really fun printed latex ones - I'm hoping they have the booties you are talking about as well, 'cause I think they would be good for me too!
I'm managing to get a little faster too! I did my 40 laps in 50 minutes on Monday. Because I'm still a little worried about my back, I changed it up every few laps and did some of everything including the back stroke, instead of my usual front crawl only. I am liking the back because it works different muscles in my arms and shoulders. I try and be sure to reach high and straight overhead to encourage flexiblity. It was going great until the big guy doing "splash laps" in the next lane swamped me totally!!!!:mad:
I'm lucky, I have pretty tough skin, but I was thinking about your itchies and wondering if maybe using one of those barrier creams that gardeners use on their hands might give you some protection if you smooth it on before you go swimming. I don't know if it's practical, just throwin' it out there.... I also use the chlorine removing shampoo and conditioner on my hair, I wonder if it would work as a body wash too?
Also you mentioned a waterproof mp3 player??? I was thinking about that, but didn't know there was one - can you tell me what one you have?
Anyway, today is another pool day!!! Yay.0 -
Good job everyone! Way to stay in the pool. Increasing the number of laps will occur over time with the increase in endurance and strength. Also, stroke technique has a huge impact of the number of laps that you can swim. This is something that will also come with time and experience.
I, too, wear bright colors for suits and caps. I've never been shy and love to bring humour to the water. It just helps to lighten the mood. Just a caution, be very careful of the cute rubber caps. I'm not sure of the constant temperature of your pools, but you DO sweat A LOT while working out in water. Sometimes, these rubber caps do no allow the heat from your head to escape and you can overheat your body. This can result in being too tired too soon and not being able to complete your workout. I always use latex caps, as they are cheap, colorful, and thin which allows for body heat to escape a little better.
Water proof MP3 players are out there. They can be a bit pricey. Check out swimoutlet.com They have a good selection and sometimes run great deals on older, closeout models. Also, you can research what you like there and then try overstock.com or amazon.com.
Great idea on changing up the strokes in your workouts. It is important to work different muscles while swimming to avoid burnout and fatigue and to give an overall better workout. Keep swimming!!!!!0 -
Well I'm sayin' it all over the place, cause I can't believe it. I did 60 lengths in 60 minutes last night. FireRox - it really made a huge difference to change up my stroke every 10 lengths. I was really thinking before that I was "wimping out" cause I wasn't doing a steady front crawl, but by changing it up, I kept moving and worked different muscle groups and was really not as fatigued, yet I still feel like I got an honest workout out of it.
The cool thing is I even managed to do 6 lengths front crawl without stopping - that was a HUGE success for me! I think that part of the problem is that when I started to get a little winded I would feel panicked that I wasn't getting enough air, and I would just going to get more and more out of breath. This time I took it slow and steady and resolved that even though I was breathing more heavily, it was no different than when you are doing other workouts. So I pushed myself to keep it up and see if it would settle into a steady state and it did! So now I'm working on embracing the breathing....
I found this swimming site awhile ago....some of it can be pretty hard core, but I like reading the forums and there is a ton of good info on here even for a newbie like me....http://www.totalimmersion.net/
BTW, the current image on my ticker is my inspiration..... the guy jumping out of the back of the boat is my youngest son. He paddled the Moloka'i Hoe in Hawaii 3 years ago. It's an outrigger race between the Islands of Owahu and Molokai - 9 men on the team. They paddle 6 at a time and jump in and out of the boat on the fly to change paddlers during the race. That year they came 12th out of over 100 teams. It took them just over 5 hours!0 -
Shari, that's great. I didn't make it to the pool today and I miss it. I find that by alternating my stroke I can go further. I alternate between freestyle and breast changing each length. I am trying to do more than one freestyle in a row and sometimes I can but sometimes I can't. It will be nice to see a change as I get stronger.
Congrats on the big increase, nothing feels better than success.
The waterproof mp3 player I have is no longer made, it was made by Oregon Scientific who stopped making it at some point to focus on other things. If this one dies I will have to figure out another because I love to listen to music as I swim. Sometimes I download books and listen to them also.
I am hoping I can increase my time in the pool but when I tried 40 minutes I started getting itchy. I can live with regular itchy but sometimes itchy comes as hives, and that is not liveable. So 35 minutes with alpha keri oil after shower is my current plan. I do use a barrier cream on the areas that have traditionally caused my problems in advance. I put it on at home and let it soak in before putting on the bathing suit. That makes a big difference.
If my throat stops feeling a bit sore when I swallow I may be able to make the pool tomorrow AM. I am praying for that.
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Sunny, I hope you are feeling better soon! Take it easy until you do...a few days of healing doesn't derail the plan, trust me. In fact, I find that if I have had to take some time off, when I come back the first day is hard, but then I seem to get a nice bump in performance - that's kind of what happened here.
I googled mp3 players and there is one called Dolphin that looks promising...now I need to see if I can find it in Canada. I think it's pretty new though.
Today it's dry land - eliptical and weights. I hope the gym is cooled off, last time it was at least 80 degrees in there I barely made it through a bike ride!0 -
I googled mp3 players and there is one called Dolphin that looks promising...now I need to see if I can find it in Canada. I think it's pretty new though.
One suggestion - see if you can find some reviews on the item, I have found that to be helpful. And thanks for your words of support and encouragement.
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Hi there, anyone out there swimming? I wasn't able to for several days, we have been without power and the Y is closed. We don't know when they will open but hopefully soon.
Keep in touch when you have time and hope all is well.
Sunny0 -
Today was another dry land day, but yesteday I did my 60 lengths in 60 minutes again. It was really gratifying because I was worried that the first time was a fluke!
Sorry you can't get into the pool these days, but think how much you will appreciate it when they get the power back on!!!!0 -
Great to have the inspiration here!!
Well, I got my aquajogger last Thursday and have been using the heck out of it!! I LOVE it!!!!
I did a 75 min aqua/ swim on Friday... on Saturday I did 90 minutes...
Sunday was cross training (weights- ChaLean Extreme)
Monday was a 1 mile swim/ 35 min aquajog.
Tuesday was a 45 min aquajog and weights (ChaLean Extreme)
Tomorrow will be another longer swim.
I've thought about ordering some of the water weights, what do you recommend? One of the ladies in the pool had the weights shaped like triangles instead of round ones and she said she liked them a lot better!
I'm on only water workouts besides weights until April 1st... gotta heal up my stress fractured feet!!0 -
Good job everyone! Way to hang in there. I'm still swimming. I've upped my days to 4 or 5 a week, instead of just 3. I just have to be careful of my joints and "respect the pain" as the doctor would say! I usually average 2600 - 3000 meters per workout, so I'm doing good.
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Hi folks.
Thanks for the words of welcome!
Have got back in the pool this week after having the mother of all head-colds last week!
Upped my distance to 64 lengths or 1600metres (1 mile) and finding that distance no trouble just now. Technique has come back to me now and finding it much easier. (Like riding a bike as they say)
Interesting to hear you folks talking about different strokes. Might change up every ten lengths or so
How many calories do you guys use in your loggers? I find the saved activities in here show me burning way more calories than I would have imagined?0 -
Hi again ... I am so glad everyone is doing so well. The Y emailed that they are open as of an hour ago for swimming and have power finally, but I wonder if the pool is warm enough. I will have to call on the phone to see. My husband says it can take a few days to get the warmth up again, but perhaps they had a generator on to keep that going while the center was closed ... just speculating.
Glad Jess is enjoying the aquajogger ... I love it and miss it. I think I haven't been to the pool in a week and it is starting to worry me ... I can get a bit nervous about going back to something when I haven't done it in a bit (and though a week is not long, it is a break ... however unintentional it was).
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Hi again ... I am so glad everyone is doing so well. The Y emailed that they are open as of an hour ago for swimming and have power finally, but I wonder if the pool is warm enough. I will have to call on the phone to see. My husband says it can take a few days to get the warmth up again, but perhaps they had a generator on to keep that going while the center was closed ... just speculating.
Glad Jess is enjoying the aquajogger ... I love it and miss it. I think I haven't been to the pool in a week and it is starting to worry me ... I can get a bit nervous about going back to something when I haven't done it in a bit (and though a week is not long, it is a break ... however unintentional it was).
sunny
Yes, I'm loving the aquajogger! I don't know what I'd do w/out it while I'm off from *land* workouts! Hope you were able to get back to the pool!0 -
I've been swimming/ aquajogging all week. Did my longest pool workout yet today... 2 hours in the pool!! 1,800 yd swim, then the rest of the time aquajogging.
Thankfully a buddy joined me so we chatted the whole time we were *jogging*. That made it go by soooo much faster! 0 -
I am so frustrated, the pool opened Wednesday afternoon but at 78 degrees and it's normally 81 degrees and I shiver when it's too cold (for the whole day afterwards). So hubby and me waited, a degree a day to warm up they said, and now it's closed for this weekend. We are figuring there is an issue with cleaning the pool or something about getting it to temperature, or maintenance issue since they were without power for 5 days.
We can't swim until Monday. Boo hooooooooo
The aqua jogging is the best. I also love swimming. I use my waterproof MP3 with music and sometimes books on tape and then I can go forever without being bored.
I am envious of your skin letting you go for two hours in the pool. Mine goes nuts these days that long. My Mom always said I was a fish and loved being in the water and I do.
Have you tried additional deep water exercises Jess while aquajogging? I like switching off between fast running, slower running, a wider deeper stanch and a shorter stance, plus jumping jacks and cross country skiing. there are also ways to use noodles to do biking in deep water as well as stomach crunches. Pretty much anything you can do on land you can do in the water only with more resistance (prior to adding extra resistance).
Monday I will report happiness on entering the water.
Today we will go and enjoy the sunshine and take a walk.
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Made it to the pool today. Aqua jogged 35 minutes with the resistance booties, felt great. I missed the pool so much, Am glad to be back.
How is everyone?
How do you count the aqua jogging in the exercise page? I have been counting it as threading water, moderate effort (though I think I put more effort in than that but don't want to overcount calories)
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Ya Sunny, so glad you have made it back into the pool. Tonight is swimming night for me again. First a stop at the chiropractor though. I'm still fighting with my back - now I am having pain down my leg, so I think I irritated the sacroiliac when I twisted it. My Dr is a magician, so I just need to be patient and go with the plan. I am going out at lunch though and getting a stability ball for my desk, so I can replace my office chair with it for part of the day. I've done that before and it will make a huge difference.
On Friday I was able to do my 60 lengths in 60 mins again, so now it is pretty much my routine. The exciting thing is that I did 10 lengths front crawl without stopping - I really had to push through and trust that I could keep up my breathing, but I did it!!! Since that is one "set" for me, I am not going to try and do more than that at one go for now. My goal will be to get feeling comfortable with that rather than having to push through it, then I will try and up the number.
Still haven't made it to the swim store, do you have a website that sells those aqua joggers so I can at least see what they look like? I have no clue.0 -
These are the aqua joggers I use to add resistance to that:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00635445000P?vName=Fitness & Sports&cName=Scuba&Swimming&sName=Specialty Accessories&psid=FROOGLE01&sid=IDx20070921x00003a
(odd that Sear's carries them). I was reading the description and for the first time I realized I can put these on my hands for some extra upper body resistance. I will have to remember that and try that soon.
To add resistance to swimming, you could try doing some laps with the flippers on. My husband swears by them. I think I've built up the muscles in my legs now to give that a try.0 -
need help. Did succeed at pool for last three days, yay, but right arm is hurting when I do strokes ... basically it's when I lift it back and up for the crawl, or when I push outward on the breast stroke.
Any suggestions, ideas? I must have stretched a muscle or something.
Also wanted to let you know that I heard they are having a pool Zumba class at my Y (in the warm water). Sounds kinda cool to me.
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there may be no one reading this anymore, that's okay, but I thought I'd post that I was pleased that now I can swim 10 lengths in a row of crawl, and then switch to one length crawl and then one length breast stroke alternating ... This is definintely an improvement in strength. I am pleased.0
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need help. Did succeed at pool for last three days, yay, but right arm is hurting when I do strokes ... basically it's when I lift it back and up for the crawl, or when I push outward on the breast stroke.
Any suggestions, ideas? I must have stretched a muscle or something.
Also wanted to let you know that I heard they are having a pool Zumba class at my Y (in the warm water). Sounds kinda cool to me.
Sunny
It sounds like you may have pulled your trapezius muscle (the large muscle that connects your neck and shoulder) or you latisimus dorsi (the triangular muscle that attaches to your spine in the middle of your back to up under your armpit). Be very careful with this type of injury. Make sure you properly warm-up and cool-down and stretch very well.
BTW, good job on your increased stamina and success in the pool!!!0 -
Any swimmers out there who want to support one another periodically on this site? I love to swim and aqua jog ...0
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How are you feeling? Did the soreness ever work itself out?0
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How are you feeling? Did the soreness ever work itself out?
Soreness feels a lot better, thanks for asking. Still can cause a problem when swimming so I have been doing more deep water running, but that is challenging too and increases my strength when walking on land.
How have you been?0 -
I've been doing pretty good. My workouts are now super-sized since it is the off season for competitive swimming. Now is the time for lots of drills, sprints, and distance work to prepare for next season. So, I'm in the water about 2 hours a day! Super sore but my joints are holding up. I'm going to try and compete in an ocean swim at the end of August. We'll see how it goes!0
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My husband has been trying to increase his speed in the pool when doing the crawl and someone noticed that he seems to cross his arms in front when he is swimming. I don't know the right position but that doesn't seem right to be that he is doing that. I think he may do it during the back stroke too. He has long arms but still, shouldn't they be more parallel to the shoulder?0
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