Swimming!

I swam competitively through high school then took about 5 years off before getting in a pool again. Let me tell you - I felt like crap. But I was generally athletic and I was being too hard on myself.

I used to love doing about 500m to warm up. Taking it at a nice brisk pace. I couldn't do that after a 5 year hiatus.

My advice is to try to do 200m as a brisk warm up. Then you can do 5x50m fast (but not sprints), and/or do 10x25m sprints with PLENTY of rest. I'm talking 1 minute rest. Try to get your heart rate up. They will have a clock in the pool so it will be easy to make sure you're at a good heart rate. Try to mix things up for a bit. Do sets of 25m, 50m, 75m, or 100m of different strokes. But start out slowly. You can also do things like treading water in the deep end for 2 minutes straight. FEEL THE BURN. For a cool down do a nice and slow 50-100m just to stretch it out and move your muscles in a different way. Some gyms have kickboards so you can isolate kicks, or they have a floaty (pull-buoy is the technical term) you put in between your legs to isolate arms. Use these to mix it up! Once you get back in the swimming shape you can find sets online to follow.

Happy swimming!

I swim 3-4 times a week for an hour. Just jump in and start and see what you remember. People who love it keep going while the others quit. I go by the clock because I don't like to count laps--20min freestyle, 10min breaststroke, etc, etc. The people that swim alot have great bodies so it's good exercise.

You will find a wide variety here:

http://www.100swimmingworkouts.com/

Everything from beginner to masters :flowerforyou:

You will find a wide variety here:

http://www.100swimmingworkouts.com/

Everything from beginner to masters :flowerforyou:

YES! That's an awesome website!! Thank you :happy: :flowerforyou:

You are more than welcome. Enjoy your workouts!

My gyms pool is only open from may till october, but when its open Im there everyday.

I dont clculate distance but I set myself timed sets. For example I'll do breaststroke for 15 mins, then freestyle 15 mins, then do 15 mins backstroke or 15 mins with my kickboard.

Then I normally sit out in the sun for a bit, and hope back in the water later for round 2 of some more laps.

I am such a water baby, I freaking love it. I wish we had an all year round pool in my city.

There is a resource online called swimfit http://www.swimming.org/swimfit/ which helps build a swimming habit, with progressive swimming session plans, and help you build towards varying goals.

I swim twice a week (i'm allowed 30 minutes in hte pool i have avvess to and target just over a km each session). I'm not brilliantly fit, but I swim to manage back pain and stay active.

It is easy to get bored, I have now been using a waterproof mp3 player for a little over a yearand it's great (though I didn't splash out on an expensive one though it was a present I know mine cost £15)

I love swimming, I started (after not getting in a pool since i was about 7years) old back in july of this year at 210lbs. I am no 169 I have lost 40lbs without any other form of exercise. I learned everything on the fly, trial and error and watching you tube videos. Bought a underwater watch and IPOD and I am good to go. Typically I swim 3x a week for 40-60 min. I couldnt swim freestyle for a good two weeks it was two hard I could only do back stroke, now I can do it all haha. Try it, if you love it youll get there!