MarissaTriesAgain Member

I am in Cedar Park!

Was planning on doing 750m again today, but the lady in the lane next to me kept splashing water in my face/mouth with her fins, so I cut my swim short at 450m. I'm just glad to have had the chance to sneak.in a swim!

The pool at my Gold's Gym is heated to 84 degrees if I remember correctly. It's terrible. :(

Another personal best for me today! 25 minutes, 750m, with almost every other length being freestyle!

Welcome! I'm fairly new to swimming, just got in the pool 3 weeks ago! I am looking forward to watching your progress!

So, for my mental and physical health, I quit my job today, on pretty short notice. To take my mind off of the new job hunt that is at stake, I did a quick 9 minute, 250m swim. Not a long swim by any means, but I followed it up with other exercise. I went to a local swim shop this week and bought an ACTUAL lap swimming…

4th swim of the week. 20 minutes, 500m. New personal best for me. I couldn't enjoy it though because I shut my mind down to stop thinking about stressful things that have happened this week. :/

Today's swim: 450 (free/back/kicks) in 20 minutes. I did a quick walk before my swim, and that little bit of energy spent before the swim had a negative affect on my firm :/ lesson learned!

I have been swimming for the last 2 weeks or so. At the suggestion of others, instead of just resting, I incorporated lengths of kicks and backstroke instead of only doing freestyle. So, before using these new suggestions, I was doing 250m in 15ish minutes including breaks. Last night, I did 400m in 20 minutes with out…

Lots of great tips! I will make sure to start wetting my hair with non chlorinated water prior to putting on my cap. I have a silicone nike cap I believe, but keeping extras on hand is a great idea!

This is fantastic! Welcome! I am new to swimming for exercise/weight loss, my first day in the pool was 7/21/15! I have had great success in the past on a LCHF diet, and I loved it! But with my current work situation, I can't keep up with the water intake and bathroom breaks needed without getting performance managed for…

Those are great tips! That way I spend the minute "resting" but still moving! I never even thought to incorporate backstroke into my routine for that reason, thanks for suggesting it! Stephen, that is a great motivator, and hopefully I can achieve the same!

Welcome Scott! I'm new to swimming, and have a friend who was a DI swimmer in college also who has been helping me out. I look forward to cheering you on! Sending a friend request, by the way :)

Thanks! I'm really looking forward to progressing! There is an aqua fitness class at the Gold's Gym I swim at, but the only day of the week I would be able to go, they only do actual exercise for about 20 minutes, and the rest is water volleyball.

Hi all! I am new to swimming, and have gone about 8 times in the last two weeks. I've been focusing a lot on getting my breathing and form correct during freestyle, and have to take a break after every length because I don't know how to do it in a "low impact" way! Just by counting my heart beats, after every length my…

I definitely will! I've been doing a half way decent job on my own, but it is hard to find advice geared towards weight loss and not competition level swimming!

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