Did you swim today?
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2.508 km 53 min
Welcome back to the pool Gutzy!
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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.
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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
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nada yesterday or today as I decided a virus in my tonsils would be a brilliant way to spend my time :-/ Planning to be back in the pool tomorrow! The distances you guys do are inspiring - I'm lucky to be able to do 100 without having to stop for a kickboard break.0
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1500 meters, 48 minutes. All freestyle. 500 swim, 200 pull, 100 kick, 200 pull, 100 kick, 200 pull, 200 swim. I just figured it out as I went along this morning. I was thinking I could squeeze in 500 at the end instead of 200 but I ran out of time and (truth be told) give a damn.
Don't worry LauraRae, it takes time to build up to any kind of distance and all of us have different goals and speeds. Hope you feel better!0 -
4 min short of 2.5 km before I flamed out after 52 min.
Hard slog throughout!0 -
Yes, swam 1/2 mile ( 900 YD) @ 33 min0
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~10min closed fist front crawl, ~10 min backstroke, ~40 minute breast stroke kickboard ...tomorrow is a drylander day0
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A 4 mile kick start to my day
The Y's National Team had practice this morning. THOSE KIDS ARE FAST.
I'd be done an hour earlier if I could swim that fast 0 -
Open water practice - 75 minutes, no idea on distance. I felt cruddy today, though. Not sure why.
Coach is suggesting I do dryland to build strength faster (do not have enough to maintain a strong pull for long distances)- I was doing some bodyweight, but then I stopped (I really don't like strength training). Oh well, coaches orders.0 -
1200 today. My endurance is increasing - I did 4 sets of 100 free, 50 kick, 100 free with a 2 minute rest/water break in between, and then I ended with a 200. Yay me!0
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Gone for 2 weeks of Scrambling around the Ice and Rocks in the Canadian Rockies and No swimming, unless you count Kicking ( 1 kick ) from one side of the Mountain Stream to the other that was our Coooold Bath Tub. Had 5 pages of posts to try to catch up on. Did get into the Town of Jasper, AB for a swim when I went to replenish supplies. Felt like the water was really Heavy and I struggled to get moving.
Curls I know exactly how you felt after your Mt. St. Helens climb. That's what I did for 2 weeks just a different peak every 2nd day.
Welcome to the gang Laura. Stopping for a kickboard break, that's funny. A kick board set is harder on me than doing a 1000m front crawl set.
Welcome back to the Chlorine World Gutzy, man great distances for being away from the water.
Robertus Protect the shoulder and elbow.
Noel and Kida - What are we going to do with our new Open Water Masters.
Yes and even places that have no Cellphone coverage, not even old analogue service with no data!!!stephenrhinton wrote: »Kida! Kida! Kida! ....wait ..there are places without internet!?!?!?! *fear*
It was a great 2 weeks, No technology interruptions.
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Haven't swum for the last ten days. Shoulder has been really sore and it's actually getting me quite down. Have been trying to walk or do the elliptical at home on really freezing days so I feel like I'm at least doing something. The competitive season is three months away and I don't feel like I can even focus while I don't know if my shoulder is going to hold up or rupture and need surgery. All in all not a good week0
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Kida_Adeylne wrote: »Open water practice - 75 minutes, no idea on distance. I felt cruddy today, though. Not sure why.
Coach is suggesting I do dryland to build strength faster (do not have enough to maintain a strong pull for long distances)- I was doing some bodyweight, but then I stopped (I really don't like strength training). Oh well, coaches orders.
Have you ever looked into your stroke rate? From what I read, a higher stroke rate is quite good for, and recommended for open water swimming due to the nature of the conditions. However, maintaining a higher stroke rate while retaining stroke form, when you haven't been used to it, is difficult and takes some getting used to (it's taken me at least 6months to adjust to my higher rate)! But it has definitely helped increase the power in my arms!
Getting a finis tempo trainer, then trying to keep to a certain rate from beginning to end during training, I presume would help you get used to pulling at a fixed rate throughout, and train the arm strength/ power in that way!Haven't swum for the last ten days. Shoulder has been really sore and it's actually getting me quite down. Have been trying to walk or do the elliptical at home on really freezing days so I feel like I'm at least doing something. The competitive season is three months away and I don't feel like I can even focus while I don't know if my shoulder is going to hold up or rupture and need surgery. All in all not a good week
Hang in there EmmaB. Think of the good the rest is doing your body.Sometimes you need to lose or retreat from a particular battle, in order to win the war!
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1900 yds, mixed sets, mostly freestyle. 55 minutes. I threw some IM kick sets in there but no actual IM swimming sets because butterfly is not my friend. I think without a coach on the deck to tell me what to change, I'm just likely to hurt myself doing it. So I just replaced fly with my sad little breast stroke in the IM swim set.
Good job everyone! Way to build it up, Laura. Just hang in there, EmmaB. AQ has it right, sometimes you have to move back to move forward.0 -
4 miles Three times this week. So I guess I can now call this my new 'short' swim
Regarding above comments re stroke rate. Increasing my stroke rate requires that I shorten my stroke. I do not have the strength needed to increase my stroke rate while maintaining my current stroke form.
But that brings up another topic for me which I may get to in another thread.0 -
AquaticQuests wrote: »
Have you ever looked into your stroke rate? From what I read, a higher stroke rate is quite good for, and recommended for open water swimming due to the nature of the conditions. However, maintaining a higher stroke rate while retaining stroke form, when you haven't been used to it, is difficult and takes some getting used to (it's taken me at least 6months to adjust to my higher rate)! But it has definitely helped increase the power in my arms!
Getting a finis tempo trainer, then trying to keep to a certain rate from beginning to end during training, I presume would help you get used to pulling at a fixed rate throughout, and train the arm strength/ power in that way
My stroke rate is pretty low - my comfortable rate is 52/min, and my work hard/goal one is 60. The way he explained it was that I need to build the strength to get the power so that I can keep the faster rate while still having good form.
I've looked at the finis tempo before. Don't think I need it quite yet - I am pretty good at maintaining tempo (musician ftw!) Maintaining power is another story.
Overall, coaches suggestion to do strength training really makes sense - I have a record of three pushups in a row max. He also suggested lots of paddles during pool workouts. I'll be giving it a shot once I get over this death cold (which showed up last night, explaining my exhaustion yesterday).0 -
Unfortunately time off won't help as the bicep tendon can't heal with rest the only possible outcome is rupture as it has subluxated the only question is when that happens.0
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emma hang in there, I am in the same shape, my shoulder ball joint is falling apart. Too active to get a replacement. Doc said I would tear a new one up. Can't really clean out the chips as it would make my shoulder too lose. Now I just swim 1/2 mile (900 YD), 2-3 times a week, slow and easy. Time off did help mine but now I have been released to do limited exercise. Good luck girl and take it easy.0
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Yesterday was a drylander day on the elliptical. Always makes me appreciate the pool
17 minutes front crawl pull buoy, 44 minutes backstroke closed fist
Tomorrow I'm off to a gaming convention from 8am-midnight ...so that means I gotta get up waaaay too early to squeeze my swim in ...Twill be less than 13 hours swim to swim.0 -
Thanks Bruce0
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Masters squad
First swim in ten days due to shoulder pain. Still here and reading posts
300 warmup
3x200 free 1&3 negative split 2 steady
4x50 kick as 25 fly 25 free
2x200 pull as 75 free 25 br
4x75 as 2 back 2 br
8x100 IM as alt IMO RIMO
1&2 5&6 kick
3&4 7&8 swim
200 easy
The IMs were harder than they look.
Rest intervals all 20s and about 30s between sets.0 -
Swam in sweat doing yard work today. Had to catch up after that month away.0
