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3100 yards today. Same workout as yesterday, but I lost track on two sets and swam an extra lap on each.1
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So the New Year resolution was to get back to a weekly swim,..
Hello again everyone whom I know from old - its good to catch up on your swimming news - and hi to the ‘new to me’ swimmers.
Had to dust off the resolution - as Jan/Feb disappeared to a virus.
But Monday I made it - yay - just a gentle 30 mins (and a very steep but happily short cycle ride up the hill home!) to ease back in.
Can’t honestly say I enjoyed it much. (And I am way off my old ‘speeds’ let alone remembering fly arm timing!)
But I got wet. And I made it up the hill,,, Pleased aboit both!3 -
5100m midday swim.
1000 free kick fins
500 pull
300 swim as free/back
500 back kick fins
400 mixed kick no fins
300 pull
500 free kick fins
700 free
500 free kick fins
300 pull
100 warmdown0 -
Adult Swim Club 1600m + 8 min Kick session New Coach/instructor
Warm-up
100m Free
100m Pull Alt - Bk & Fr
100m Kick
4 x 50m @ 1:15 - gives me 10-15 sRi between
Dolphin kick - streamline
3x
50m Std
50m Left side
50m Right side
50m back
3x ( Glide Drill 2 sec glide between pulls )
25m free
25m back
25m breast
25m scull choice as a break between sets
8 min Kick Set Slow/Fast on whistle
lost track of how many lengths I managed to get in 3-400m
100 easy cool down
Feeling my legs as I walked home from the kick set.2 -
I swam!0
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3800m today.
400 kick fins
500 swim mixed strokes
4x 200 kick fins
6x 100IM on 2.00
8x 75 free pull on 1.30
400 free pull
8x 50 pull as br/back on 1.10
100 warmdown1 -
Not 3800m, not even close to that impressive high intensity workout
1600m
warmup
100 pull, 100 kick, 100 scull
pull/catch drills with paddles (they irritate my left hand where I broke it back in 1988)
2 x 50 - 5 stroke breathing ie long and slow pulls
2 x 50 - 4 str brth
2 x 50 - 3 str brth
2 x 50 - 2 str brth - faster turn over concentrate on inter-stroke glide and keeping the hand square to the pull motion so no water slips off the side
2x
25m breast with 3 Dolphin kicks after each stroke
50m 6 kick switch backstroke - exaggerate the bodyroll
100m free - concentrate on the catch & pull with power right to the end of the stroke
50m Victor Davis Breast stroke 3 slow 3 fast - concentrate on hard pull and big solid kick
25m free with dolphin kick
4 x 50m @ 1:30
5 beat Streamline Dolphin Rotisserie with fins.
5 on back, 5 on side, 5 on front, 5 std, 5 on side.
On one of the side to back rolls I got in a down angle and just kept on going down and couldn't get turned back up. Dropped out of streamline and swam back to the surface. Was a challenging drill to just rotate 90 degrees rather than the normal front/back flip.
200m easy choice cool down.
Definitely feeling the legs, 7km run Monday, 8 min kick set Tuesday, 6km run yesterday plus today's drills and my legs are waving the white flag.
One of the guys in the swim group just got back from Youth Provincials in Calgary. His 14 yr old son had a good meet. Usually they swim in the events they have provincial std qualifying times from previous meets. He had 12 qualifications over differant distances/events so was able to pick and choose what he wanted. Since he kept qualifying for the finals in events they didn't get home until 2am Monday morning, would have been a hard day at work for the parents and school for the lad.
50m free 28:46 for gold
50 fly 31:?? for silver
100 breast silver
100 free silver
These qualified him for nationals next week in Edmonton.1 -
6.6km swim last night.
2.2km Before work today. Heading back after work for another 6.6km.0 -
@juliet3455 and mine isn't close to what @fishgutzy does lol2
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Yes.0
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Short swim yesterday. Didn't keep track of laps or time. Just swam. I'm having a hard enough time getting to the pool these days. I'm not going to make it more work for myself. Getting in the water is victory. (Heck, driving to the pool is...)1
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Hey, GWC2. TEN MINUTES in a pool is a winner!
I never count laps. I mark my time, yes, because MFP gives me information based on that and not laps. If I pause between laps, I'll stop my watch and restart just before I push off. Unlike some, I feel great after swimming well, not far or long. I always give myself a reason to feel good by swimming the last lap easy and relaxed, keeping a focus on technique. 😎0 -
Today; 1.5 miles @ 74 minutes0
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1km ocean race this morning. Decided that wasn't long enough so did 2500m in the pool after lunch. Going out for dinner with my daughter tonight so figured more metres equals more food lol.
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@girlwithcurls2 As @kayak4water said basic time in the pool is more important than stressing over exactly how many laps you do.
I have 2 3 types of swims.
Family & Friends lots of Water slide tests, Inner tube Water polo, etc.
Straight lane swim - try to get 40 lengths in but quite often I lose count - its usually during lunch hour so time restricted I gets what I get.
Adult Swim Club - the ones where you see me post more details about what drills we did and what I was working on - I keep the detailed notes as a reference so I can build some of my own workout sets during the summer when the Adult Swim club is replaced by Summer Swim Camps and lessons for children since they are not in school.0 -
Short swim after lifting. I aim for about 15 laps after lifting (knowing I could do more, but being a total pansy about it because I have jelly arms and legs from lifting). I decided to keep going tonight to see what it would feel like. Left after 25 laps because it’s Friday night and I was hungry, but felt surprisingly good after about 15-20. I’m going to have to change my post-lift minimum, me thinks...0
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@juliet3455 and mine isn't close to what @fishgutzy does lol
Most of y'all do other aerobic work too. Arthritis limits me to swimming and spinning.
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6.6km today.0
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2800m solo swim today. Nothing too exciting.
600 free kick fins
600 back kick fins
300 free pull
300 free kick fins
300 back kick fins
200 free pull
150 free kick fins
150 back kick fins
100 free pull
100 warmdown0 -
I swam. Enough, but not to excess.0
