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Check it in the swim calculator & see what comes up.....
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Great adjustment, ashen!!!! Clive - you've done a great job & you've been a great source of support & motivation for us as well.....
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250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 200 free, 3 x 200 I.M., 2 x 100 I.M., 1000 free, 500 free, 250 free
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Curly, you've gotten some great advice here - there are a lot of great people in this group!!!! Let me start off by saying that I LOVE a lot of what I'm reading from you - that you're aware that it's going to take time, that you're not looking to learn everything there is in 1 shot, etc. That's the kind of thinking that…
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All freestyle today: 250, 500, 1000, 1500, 1500, 1000, 500, 250 in 114 minutes.....
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That was a good reason to cut the workout short, Clive, & darn nice of you too!!!!! Hope he's feeling better & it wasn't anything too serious.....
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Just take advantage of it whenever you can get there, Fred - great job the past couple of days!!!!
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Welcome back, AQ!!!!! Swam today: 250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 200 free, 3 x 200 I.M., 2 x 100 I.M., 1000 free, 500 free, 250 free Took 100 yards off the freestyle set between the blocks of I.M.'s & added it to make a 3rd I.M. in that 2nd block a 200. Next change will be to drop that free by another 100 &…
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Great job, Noel & Carl!!! Noel - there are plenty of people here doing open water swims, I'm sure they could give you great advice on how to address the temperature issue....
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The 8 oz. to a cup thing is for liquid measurements, not the weight of solids. I also add the recipe, I log the entire recipe in total & designate how many it serves. Then when I have a serving, MFP does the math. If I have more than a serving I estimate if it's 1.5 servings, 2 servings, etc. & MFP again does the math.…
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Bama, of course it counts - I don't see anywhere a definition that defines swimming as only backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly or freestyle...... Claire, would it suit you better to eat less at each meal but eat more times during the day? One theory is that eating 6 small meals per day helps with weight loss by helping to…
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Great work, everybody!!!! No swim for me over the weekend, but a bit if good news is that all the work that was stacked up this past week & this upcoming week has been spread out some so I can at least get a couple of days each week in the pool. With going to the open swim at our local school this past week I was able to…
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All freestyle: 250, 500, 1000, 1500, 1500, 1000, 500, 250 in 114 minutes....
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Yup :smile: 250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 300 free, 2 x 200 I.M., 3 x 100 I.M., 1000 free, 500 free, 250 free Bruce - what's your body position when using the kickboard? Ideally you want to be laid out flat on the surface with the board held out over your head & your face down in the water (obviously except…
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I'm not sure it's a store I wanna shop in.....
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Great job, people!!!!! No swim today, but work on Friday got bumped back to next week which means I will have gotten 4 days in this week....
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Except in that case it would be a Heinie Rate Monitor
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Ashen - great workout & that's good news, it's a great way to learn.... Thanks, Panda - great swim.....
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Got to the pool & was pleasantly surprised to have a lane to myself the entire time, most times it's so crowded it's difficult to get any laps in. All free: 250, 500, 1000, 1500, 1500, 500, 250. Skipped the 1000 on the way down due to time constraints but happy because I got in way more than I expected to.....
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Ahhhh, THIS is where I wound up posting yesterday's swim - I just put it in the "Did You Swim Today" thread. I THOUGHT I had posted yesterday but didn't see it there & thought I was going crazy....lol.... I don't think the lifeguard did it (this time) because he seemed to be aggravated about having to go outside...lol
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I must have forgotten to post yesterday's swim: 250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 300 free, 2 x 200 I.M., 3 x 100 I.M., 1000 free, 500 free. Got fire alarmed out of my last 250, thankfully I usually treat bot the last 500 & last 250 as cool down sets. On the way out I DID run into the locker room to dress…
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Personally, I don't do kicking sets & avoid fins because it's one of the few things that causes me problems with my hips (I had them both replaced 15 years ago), so I do a lot of walking for leg strength. Just make sure if you're doing hard work with the fins at the end of your workout you do a good cooldown so the muscles…
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Pretty much, AQ, LOL.... Got back in the pool today: 250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 300 free, 2 x 200 I.M., 3 x 100 I.M., 1000 free, 500 free Got fire alarmed out of doing my last 250 cool down, thankfully I treat the last 500 & 250 as a cool down so my muscles did have a chance to cool off properly. I did,…
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I'm finally back in the pool tomorrow, however November does turn out to be sporadic for me. The big job we had lined up is still pushed back to January, however another client needs work done this month so I lose 3 days this coming week, 4 the next week & 3 the week after. It'll be good to get back in, even if it's not…
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Great job, Bama - glad to see you did some sort of a cool down, it's very important....
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Your knees were probably sustaining a bit more impact than usual....
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Not trying to be patronizing, but I promise that won't happen again. Just gonna point out that being in shape is not necessarily the same as being in swimming shape. Have a nice night....
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2000 yards after a 25 year layoff IS, indeed, starting off with a bang - I wasn't able to get anywhere near that at first. Don't look at it through the eyes of what you were doing when you last swam consistently, not only were you in shape then, your body has aged since then. It's not a "stretch of the imagination" to say…
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Noel is right, pushing off while still rotating puts stress on the knees. A similar discussion to this came up awhile back & I really concentrated on what I did during my turns because I've never had a knee issue from swimming, I discovered that I don't put my feet against the wall for the pushoff until after I have…
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I also think/refer to my swims in terms of yards, check on the chlorine smell, got a set of hooks for the back of my bedroom door for suits/towels. I will carry a bag in the car just in case but only in certain circumstances (many of the times I can't swim I know I'm not going to get there at all). As for the hair thing,…
