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Been keeping up with my 5 swims per 7 days.
This is my last weekend in China for this trip.
Looking forward to getting back home.1 -
Adult Swim Club. 1600m
The instructor, 3 participant's, 4 Lifeguards and the local U20 Swim Club are away at regionals, which leads into Provincials and then into National's. So a pretty big meet for everyone.
Had a junior life Guard acting as Coach/instructor.
Warm-up 100m Free, 100m Kick
100m Kick - Whistle Drill - slow-fast on whistle-slow on next whistle etc, etc
100m Free; 25m Sprint, 25m Distance/Strk, 50m Slow
100m Free; 25m Dst/strk, 50m Fast, 25m slow
100m Kick; Slow, Fast, Slow, Fast
25m Sprint
50m Dst/Strk
75m Med
100m Slow
75m Sprint
50m Dst/Strk
25m Sprint
Repeat
Cooldown
100m Back
50m Breast
50m Free1 -
Today's Swim Athletics class was Fast Friday, but with a different trainer it was a bit different (more fast, no active recovery, no kicking).
Warm-up:
300 swim
4x100: 50 tombstone kick/ 50 swim
4x50: drill
Main set:
2x100: 70% effort, 30 sec rest
4x75: 80% effort, 20 sec rest
6x50: 90% effort, 10 sec rest
Relay race
Warm-down: 100 ez
1825 yards, 45 minutes, 454 active calories2 -
@fishgutzy - Will be nice to be home and nice to see how consistent you are!
@dwisehart - Two...two in one day, that is impressive. Active recovery is simply swimming slower letting your heart rate come back down?
@juliet3455 - Ah the days of competitive swimming. I vaguely recollect them. The whistle drill, I had forgotten that one, but I always liked it.
4000 yards @ 75 minutes
500 warmup
10 x 50s @ 60 free
5 x 200 pull @ 3:30
1000 kick with fins
200 loosen
10 x 50s @ 60 free/back
300 warm down
Focusing on narrowing my 's' pull on freestyle this week, can feel it in my lats which is good, I think.1 -
Only a fellow swimmer Caan understand how much swimming can really help with reducing or even eliminating stress and anxiety. It is a valuable lesson I learned as a result of China trips that I did not have pool access.
This is my third trip now with a gym membership to swim. And it made a huge change in my perspective while here.
No anxiety attacks. No stress eating. No constant low level of a sense of anger.
I still see the reasons I do not like cities but I can also understand why those who like cities, do.
So if I had any advice for someone who gets asked to go on a long business trip, make sure ahead of time, the location and availability of a pool you can swim at.
The journey home starts on Monday. So swimming today and tomorrow. Will hopefully be back in my YMCA after a nap on Tuesday.2 -
2600m of not fun
200 w'up choice
6x 50 kick-swim @ 1'10
100 easy
6x 50 1-3↓ @ 1'10
Main set 4x as:
2x 50 @ 2' (2x Fly - 2x BK - 2x Brst - 2x F)
100 F
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200 rec @ 6'
Maximum pace for all 50's
100 F at pace 1:20
100 warmdown
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4 miles today.
Getting closer to departure from China.
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@Montepuiciano yes, active recovery is just that. Right now I am using a snorkel during active recovery and swimming freestyle at an easy pace. The idea is that you don't stop after a strong or fast section; you just keep swimming and let your heart rate come back down as you swim and then you go right into whoever is next without stopping again (except to take off or put on the snorkel, in my case, which is five seconds or less).
When we are doing speed work, my coach likes us to do active recovery, fast kick, short rest (20 sec), fast swim, rinse and repeat.
Today was two hours of all working on my breathing in a variety of drills. I am trying to get keep my hips, feet and leading arm high in the water while taking a breath without struggling or making a big push down with my stroking arm. 1,010 active calories.
I lost two pounds since my last weigh-in two days ago--so I must be doing a little something right.
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2700m
200 w'up
kick/ pull - 1 sets
200 kick Back R 30
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100 Back DPS - R 30
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200 pull (use PB+ Pads)
PWR endurance - Rest 1'
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100 Back DPS
6x 50 Brst @ 2'
6x 50 Fly @ 2'
Endurance - 4 sets
200 F @ 4
100 Brst kick @ 2'30
100 warmdown
I hate breaststroke. Can't get my 50m pace under 48s for love or money.
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Swimming was a rinse and repeat of yesterday: 2 hours of swimming, working on breathing with a variety of drills, probably about 6,000 yards. Must not have pushed as hard today as I only burned 741 active calories.1
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Okay, so I mentioned the S pull on freestyle. Then I found this: http://www.swimsmooth.com/catch.html
I think I just proved how old I am.2 -
No swimming today. Just travel.
Stepping into the time machine. Leaving here at 11:45am (Monday) arrive at 8:30AM Monday in San Francisco, 3 hours before I leave on Monday. Then on to Chicago then home to NC.2 -
Safe trip home @fishgutzy.1
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4000 yards @ 75 minutes solely focused on fingertip entry and immediate catch, straight pull through. Probably increased strokes/minute but it is going to take some real focus to break this particular habit.1
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Montepulciano wrote: »Safe trip home @fishgutzy.
Sitting in the San Francisco airport. Waiting since about 9AM local for my 2:50pm next leg to Chiraq. Then home early tomorrow.2 -
1 mile @ 62 minutes1
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@fishgutzy Back on Home Turf. Rest - recover and Splosh
@emmab0902 That's about where my 50 Free is at. My Breast may not be fast but I can pull a breast stroke forever so it's my Go To Stroke when doing a super long distance and my Free/Back starts to Fall apart.I hate breaststroke. Can't get my 50m pace under 48s for love or money.
Noon Hour swim - more of a General Splash than a dedicated workout.
The water was a little too warm for doing a workout/endurance distance and to many people per lane to maintain any rhythm/pace.
So I did 250m sets: Free, Back, Free, Breast, Free. An easy 1250m3 -
Today I started a new contract, so my day was a bit ragged, but they agreed to allow me time off in the middle of the day each day so I can go swim, because I start too early to swim first and I really do not want to swim in the evening when the pool is busy some nights.
Today was a rinse-and-repeat of yesterday: more working on breathing. I felt some progress and put in a really nice 25 right at the end that I hope I can repeat tomorrow. Changing your stroke is such a difficult process. I have been able to breath, but I have been raising my head, pushing down in the water with the stroking arm and then pushing down with the leading arm. It takes a lot of energy. I really notice it during the easy swimming because it is so much easier with a snorkel than without and I cannot swim single-arm freestyle where you breath away from the stroking arm because of bad form.
90 minutes, maybe 3,000 yards, 586 active calories.2 -
2500 metres
200 warmup
600 as:
100 kick 50 swim
100 pull 50 swim
12x 50 BK - kick @ 1'30 as:
1 mod - 1 max
12x 50 BK - pull with paddles @ 1'30 as:
1 mod - 1 max
200 IM
100 kick
200 warmdown
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