Did you swim today?
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2650y 62 minutes. Need to get back to doing some intervals but it's so relaxing to just crank out the laps.0
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Interesting....Mmm my crawl kick has probably got worse - since the coaching i had last year was v focussed on free style pull with minimal kick....so i do very little powering from the legs nowadays unless i sprint.
And i laughed out loud at the idea of your breast stroke kick being strongercthan your arm pull being a surprise J3455. If i relied on arm pull for breastroke power it might take a month to reach the other end of the pool...! (Mind you frankly my kick is pretty runbish too speed wise. Breast is not best for me!)
I often do kicksets - so i'm interested in the comparative times for each now...thanks for another intetesting question to take to the pool!
Hope the month off does its stuff MP.
Ah yes, I did not swim today .... But i wish i had. Does that count???
(It has been full pn parents health/care wise this week)1 -
Yuk session today
200 free
150 back
150 br
50 fly
10x100 free on 2.00 odds hard evens steady
8x 60s vertical kick with fins alt free/fly
300IM
100 easy
The vertical kick sure showed me how weak my core is!0 -
Ugh. Not a good swim today. Wanted to do two miles but came up short:3250 yards in 81 minutes. 6 minutes of that was recovery from calf cramps. Last five swims I've been cramping up at 2500 yards. Felt very sluggish today. But the sun was out and I had a lane to myself so that worked out ok.0
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@emmab0902 my swim was also YUK today. Thursday and Friday were School Holidays for Teachers Conventions so the Lane Swims were Stupid Busy. I was in the fast lane ( 2nd fastest swimmer which never happens ) and when the 6th person joined the lane I bailed. Just no way to get a rhythm when you are lane locked behind someone. All of the lanes had 6-8 swimmers so most of us regulars bailed out.Yuk session today
Like @60sPanda I had never heard of Vertical Kick so off to Dr. Google and I like it-hope it will help me. Probably try 15-20 second sets and see how it goes from there. Thanks @emmab0902 one more new drill to add to my skill set days.
20 lengths = 500m, normally I would try a minimum of 1000m (40 lengths)0 -
This kick discussion is so interesting. I am always listening to my inner dialogue (it never shuts off, sigh), and because I know my kick is weak, I have been really talking to my legs lately. We do a lot of these vertical kick drills in the cardio class. Often, it is during our tabata workout. So I know that I have a good kick (technique), but unless I really engage my lower abs and KICK, it's weak. Bottom line: it could be good, but it isn't
I did swim today. Went to a not-as-challenging weekend class, and then did 30 min (1000y), focusing on, what else?0 -
Swam a good set today.
500m free / 400m kicks various / 200m crawl with fins / 200m crawl with pullboy thing / 100m breast with fly legs / 600m free (making sure that each 50 metres was under 1 minute.
Feels good to be back!
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Oh panda, you're making me tired, lol...0
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Did my Monday mile.50
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good swim today.
5X100 warm up
5X100 IM drills with fins
15X100 free on 2:00
400 kick with fins
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Downloaded an app yesterday that uses stability ball to do core training. Very sore today! It's the Greg Brookes Stability Ball workout if anyone is interested. After my experience of vertical kick on Saturday I thought I'd better do something!
Couldn't swim last night as we got an email saying the pool was closed due to a "Code Brown" - the joys of a school based pool!!
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@emmab0902 "Code Brown" A great reason to stay away for a few days.
1200m at noon today, 500m Front and Breast + 200m Back.
Was civilized even though the schools are still on Teachers Convention Break. Hope to get out for a run tonight in the fresh snow = a blanket of white.0 -
No. No laps. I signed up to bring dinner to my cousin and his family. his wife has breast cancer. I feel so grateful for my healthy, strong body. So incredibly grateful
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46:35 1650 Total slacker workout. I just kinda put my head down and went for long slow distance. It felt great.0
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2700 in ~72:000
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Today was just a tough hour long training session with the school kids.
I need to check my garmin swim to figure out all the stuff we were doing. But it was basically tons of 50 m sprints in all the four strokes on very short intervals/ rest intervals!
My butterfly strength is a pale shadow of what it was when my long swims would comprise of IM throughout! And my backstroke is pitiful and ending up on the opposite side (widthwise) of where I started is not unusual!
Anyway, it was just a physically draining session, but this is the new challenge I wanted, so I'm sticking with it!!!
When my knees are aching after a training session, I know it must have been particularly tough! And boy are they aching LOL0 -
45 mins
(Body on a bit of a go-slow at the moment. Hey ho. )
I'm glad you are able to support your family Curly....that will mean a lot to them x0 -
No swimming today, but yesterday was a good swim. 2km in 40 mins - back on form.0
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1 Mile @ 68 minutes0
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2300y in 53 minutes, a few sprints thrown in. I was the only lap swimmer in the pool with a lane to myself. Trying to get lots of pool time this week before heading across the Atlantic for twelve days. Need to try and find a pool in Dublin!0
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2700 / 72 minutes0
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A great swim today at practise/lessons ( only 4 people in this session ). Started with
4x50m descending stroke count-maintain speed.
4x60 strokes Maximum Distance - Minimum Time. ( Love this Drill )
Then the fun really began
. Front Crawl Paced Ladder sets
25m-10s rest, 50m-15sr, 75m-15sr, 100m-20sr, 125m-20sr, 100m-20sr --- 25m-10sr. ( 625m)
100m easy - Breast Stroke
Back Stroke Ladders; 25m-15sr, 50m-20sr, 75m-20sr, 75m-20sr --- 25m-15sr. ( 300m )
100m BBQ Kick Drill. Then some flip turn practise - Front and Back Stroke. Not going fast enough on my backstroke and could never get the timing right to roll into Front crawl for 1 stroke and then flip.1 -
No swimming today BUT just booked flights and accommodation for the Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games in Australia in October. And entered the World Masters Games to be held in New Zealand in April 2017!
@emmab0902 WoHo - where in Australia?0 -
Got my 20 laps in (+ one for Gutzy)... Took me a while. I was trying to work on form, and not worry too much about time.0
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juliet3455 wrote: »No swimming today BUT just booked flights and accommodation for the Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games in Australia in October. And entered the World Masters Games to be held in New Zealand in April 2017!
@emmab0902 WoHo - where in Australia?
Sunshine Coast - Kawana Aquatic Centre
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3.1km in 90 min
400 warm up
8x50 backstroke kick
4x100 IM on 2min
4x (150slow+100medium+50fast) on 2min per 100m
4x100 IM on 2 min
300 cool down
Best part -- the first set of 4x100 IMs I did them all exactly at the same time as I did at the swim meet a couple of weeks ago!! And I wasn't even going all out. Sadly, couldn't keep it up at the end of the evening when we did the second set of 4x100.0 -
Nope. Was planning to go tonight with a friend - but my body not up to much at mo. Oh well... Hopefully if i soak it in sleep over the weekend I'll get over this lull soon. Disappointed.
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Power outage earlier in the day + winds too blustery to deploy the pool cover + buckets of cold rain = a surprisingly cold water temp when I jumped in last night. Excellent motivation to start off at a brisk pace. Only 2300 yds due to &$%!## calf cramps but until those set in, a very pleasant and (for me) brisk session.0
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Disaster swim!!
3000m in 60 minute session
8x50 as swim/kick/pull/swim x2
Three times through the following:
4×100 free
100 easy
3x50 kick as free/back/br
3x50 pull
The first time through the 100s were on 1.40, second time on 1.35 and third time on 1.30.
200 warmdown
Really demoralised how slow and unfit I've got but I guess that's what happens when you haven't trained properly since the beginning of December.
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