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Last nights swim - I think it took roughly 75 minutes. 400 W.U. 30x 50's @ 0:45 - 0:33 pace - 3:00 break @ halfway 1600 IM set: 25 Fly 50 Fly 50 Fly, 25 Back 50 Fly, 50 Back 50 Fly, 50 Back, 25 Breast 50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast 50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 25 Free 50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free 25 Fly, 50 Back, 50…
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Some really neat goals in here. I'm doing the Twin Cities Open Water Half Marathon Series up here this summer. Really excited for my first 5 mile swim. I'm also going to be looking for a way to do a 2 hour cold water checkout swim, because a friend wants to get an English Channel relay together. My old college's alumni…
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(Yesterday evening was...) Technique day! 300 WU 4x 200 IMO drills 3x: -10x50 @ :45 w/pace<:34 -100 EZ (~2:00) 8x 100IM drills 300 CD
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Do build 100's without fins and build 50's with fins to train a bit more kick endurance and core strength. I also do kettlebell training (Simple & Sinister) so I get a good amount of goblet squats and double arm swings. Both have helped me build a more explosive push off the wall.
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Too busy to post last night, but I swam a broken 2-mile (from 11 lengths down to 1, then back up 1 to 11). 15-30 seconds rest between each except for after the first one I took time to stretch. The last couple I think I took 30-45 seconds rest since pushed 7, 8, 9 pretty hard as I was trying to maintain my pace from 4, 5,…
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Since there are 8 total 50's, I'd interpret that as the first length is IM order, so the first 50 would be Fly/Free, second would be Back/Free, etc.
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Yep, and by light, he means **LIGHT** - There is absolutely no shame in starting with the bar. Better to start at and stick with just the bar than hurting yourself by starting/progressing too fast.
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I log every drink I have, no matter what. This weekend I was at a beer festival. I still logged it all, which is to say I logged what I remembered, plus 25%. That's an ugly day in my diary, but I had the calories, so I have to log it. When I go back through the reports tab I can see that these occasional cheat days don't…
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800 to 900 calories seems very excessive to me for only 800 yards. A thread from reddit a while back had something that made a lot of sense to me - that the "vigorous" exercise level should be reserved for when you're past your anaerobic threshold, or when you're at >80% your max heart rate (which is 220 - your age). I…
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Wow, second page and nobody has mentioned Digitally Imported? http://di.fm - They have an Android app as well, just search for "digitally imported radio" in the Play Store. Free streaming - they have an ad every 10-15 minutes, but it's only about 10 seconds long and it's usually just an ad for their premium service, which…
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I've never stopped swimming for a cold, either. Flu, sure. Throwing up on a flip turn isn't fun. But when I'm sick with a head/nose/throat cold I always welcome the chance to jump in the pool and cough/farmer blow out all the phlegm. Probably a bit gross, but I think it helps a ton.
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Definitely get yourself some chlorine removal shampoo. Here's a 4-pack of what I use. I've only ever bought a bottle at a time... but I have significantly less hair on my head ;)…
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I hated them with a fiery passion during my college swimming days. You're swimming up an incline. All your weight is distributed completely to your hands. Any natural rolling motion of your stroke is a great way to fall off the bench. The ones I used didn't have the front part on them, they were just two paddles attached…
