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My trick to getting up early - promise myself that I get to take a nap later. I NEVER take the nap, but my promise always seems to fool me. Gullible on every side, I guess.
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We have a safety buoy with us. We swim in a lake that has an arm for swimmers. There are usually other swimmers there, and boats must be wakeless. I am comfortable swimming there alone. However, we sometimes head across the lake (in a group of 2-4) in the early, early morning before boats are out. At that time the buoy is…
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We generally have at least 4 lanes (50 meter pool) ranging from fast - mostly ex-collegiate swimmers - to not-as-fast. The coach modifies each lane as needed. The fastest lane probably gets in 3200-3500m in an hour, the slowest lane, maybe a third to a half of that. We try to be welcoming. We used to have more serious…
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I have been swimming on a masters team for a long long long time. I love it! Yes, partly because it's social - I go to see my friends - but we work hard, and my friends don't let me whine too much, and they make me keep trying. Where I live, it is not very expensive. Masters workouts are included in our public facility…
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Haha! Sometimes all I have to do is THINK about putting on my fins and I get a cramp. Usually in my arch. So, I don't use fins much.
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I looked at your site because MFP seems SO wrong for me. Not just for swimming, but everything. There seems no way this one could be right either. It says swimming backstroke at the same pace as freestyle would use fewer calories. That couldn't be true since freestyle is a faster stroke. In all MFP activities, I cut the…
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Here's one: 500 Warm-up - mix it up 8 X 50 - odd Kick, even Swim build 5X100 @ 1:40 100 ez 5X100 @ 1:35 100 ez 5X100 @ 1:30 100 ez 6X50 - odd stroke, even free 3000 meters
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My suggestion is to make sure you are breathing as normally and rhythmically as possible. Try not to hold your breath. Take a breath every stroke cycle. Exhale when your face is in the water so that you need only to inhale when you turn your head. Try to take as deep a breath as possible and blow it all out every time.…
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Since swimming is all about reducing drag in the water, it is true that it takes a lot more effort to go just a little bit faster. The faster you go, the more resistance, the more effort. One way to increase speed is to do it in small chunks. Try to go faster for 4 lengths and then go back to your comfortable speed. When…
