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Okay - I'm gonna try these (except the medly - I can only do one length of fly at a time and my breaststroke is awful). Maybe do one of them per swim next week? :)

30 minutes at 10/20 actually sounds pretty impressive for a fish out of water. :) I get tired after 30 minutes of cycling - it uses WAY different muscles than any type of swimming. I like your idea of increasing freestyle - you may also want to try doing two lengths consecutively (then lost of recovery breast/back before…

60min of masters. We did 100m IMs - and I did the whole length of butterfly!! Four times! Yes!!!! (The rest of each IM was torture - I was done after that length of fly).

Went to the pool very early so I could actually go swimming today - 1000m. (at about 700m my stomach woke up and I couldn't swim much more).

1.9km in 56 min. It was one of those days when it felt like I was swimming through marshmallow fluff instead of water. Then my shoulder started to hurt. Another regular (who likes to call me speed ball) said I was noticeably faster, though, so that made me smile.

Ooo, almost forgot- I've signed up for another open water race for the send off June - a 1.5km. Figure it'll be a good test run for my 3.8km in August.

Missed yesterday due to work, and boy was I cranky. Masters today - again a different coach (!) He had a stop watch out, and I've apparently dropped another couple seconds of my 50m sprint! (Probably because I had someone to 'race' against).

1.5 hours fun swim with kiddo.

Great work! Nearly a month sober - congratulations!

2km in 1 hour. Was tired when I got in, was so tired when I got out that I put my body wash in my hair when I showered... But mentally I feel much better.

I have a vitamin c infused body wash for after. I've noticed improvement in the smell, for certain. Itching still required me to use body moisturize after every swim (some days I don't to try and get out of there sooner, it never goes well).

2.25k today. Sprints and descending time sets (well, in theory at least), as well as practicing some stroke work on breast. My arms are a bit sore from that. Have to be careful I don't over do it.

I was a little nervous that you hadn't updated, but it's great your spending time for yourself. Congrats on 24 days sober. You're one tough cookie. :) It might have been a bad thing that you fueled the fire in texting, but it's great you could see his manipulative behaviors for what they were: utter bull. I would suggest…

Masters today - maybe 1500m. Different coach again. This one offered a written down set (from our regular coach) or we could learn some technique if we wanted for breast stroke. Since I've recently started trying to add breast back in, I went for that. Easier workout, harder on the brain.

2nd swim - 50 minutes fun with kiddo, but definitely not relaxing. He did manage 38 seconds of treading, which is a new best. I am going to regret this extra exercise tomorrow.

2.25km this morning in... 65min? I dunno. Ladder workout today. I'm actually going swimming again in about half an hour because I couldn't take my little buddy yesterday.

Sorry about getting dumped. It sucks. Emotional eating is a hard habit to break, but it won't make you feel better. (Believe me, I've tried). Exercise is a good emotional and confidence boost when your life sucks. You probably don't feel like it, but forcing yourself out for some sweating can get some positive endorphins…

I did the same thing over the weekend, including the weight - it really is just water. Your body replenished its stores of glycogen, and for each gram of that, the body takes up 4 grams of water. Get back on the wagon, and the weight will disappear again in a week. Remember why you started. What were you try to achieve,…

Fantastic! Hope your taking some rest after that. :)

Robertus, I bet you could totally manage a 10k sooner than that! Meanwhile, I will continue to work towards a 10k week :wink:

Nothing wrong with starting with weights. He does need to do a warm-up, though, to prevent injury. 10 mins of cardio (treadmill, bike) is a good rule of thumb, and maybe if it's for the weights he'll be more open to it.

You can try to use your shoulders more on the pull - I found that made a difference for me in getting rid of the s curve in my right (non dominant) arm.

Choose exercise that you actually enjoy.

Total nerd here. :) Fantasy, Anime, Sci-Fi, some gaming (though I don't have much time, lately). Add me if you like. (anyone one here, too. I need more friends). Zombies run has a c25k program, too, btw. I wish I had known about it when I was doing c2k5 - I've never loved running more than with that story getting me going.

I also didn't recieve a request. Guessing MFP is having some kinks with groups again.

45mins - 200m warm up, 1800m continuous (except to swear loudly when a guy I didn't even know was in my lane hit me on the head). I was originally going to just swim 1500m, then I felt so good I kept going. Then my body said STOP! :) The 1800 took me 37m15s lol Gently - I'm sure with practice your cafe time will improve. ;)

My masters accepts beginners, so no trial. But I can say it was totally worth it - I only go once a week, and have only been five times, and I've already improved so much and gotten a new drive to work myself harder. Honestly, I would expect that the 'trial' is to make sure you can swim from one end of the pool and back…

I don't know what province you're in (I do know you said you were Canadian), or even if you got out government loans for school, but for Ontario Student Loans there's a repayment assistance program where you can apply to have your repayments reduced or even deferred (with them paying the interest) for six months at a time.…

I don't really feel I can ask for an invite to the group as I just read this thread today, and am completely inexperienced in abusive situations (fortunately), but I do want to say: OP, you are a wonderful human being and have been amazingly strong through this time. Congrats on your sobriety and on keeping away from your…

I love swimming and love what it does for my fitness. It burns a lot and provides a full body workout in a way that running or walking doesn't. But as others have said, liking something goes farther than which one is 'best'.