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Timed myself, on front crawl it took me 35 minutes to swim a mile. I really think my technique is wrong, need to practice it a lot.
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Yeah, first 2 weeks were hell! I was sleeping a lot more and feeling super hungry and a bit faint at first! I'm pretty much testing out things at the moment, going to try eating oats or toast for breakfast, then sardines an hour before swimming (they have like 22g protein per small tin), a protein shake after swimming, a…
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Well I'm aiming for 2lb a week and that doesn't seem extreme? and I'm upping the calorie intake to 1500.
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I usually do 40 minutes of front crawl, 30 sec break after 3 lengths (33m each). Then 30 minutes of breast stroke then 20 minutes of mixing it up, so front, back and breast. I have no idea on the speed, I just swim as fast as I can, when I go today I'll try and time myself providing the clock there is working.
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Yeah I see what you mean, currently I'm swimming approx 6 miles a week and tbh I'm feeling really run down, I've maintained this for 2 weeks now but I don't think I can sustain it in the long run. So now, with your advice, I'm thinking of doing 4 days of swimming then 1 to 2 days of weight-bearing exercise, would going up…
