My nutrition while swimming at middle age

RE: My nutrition while swimming at middle age

CAZ33 — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:18:30 GMT

I’m 55- been a swimmer my entire life. With a 30 year layoff! Just returned to competition this year. Intermittent fasting is not a fad! At minimal, I am five days a week fasting. I certainly make sure that I train while fasting in the morning. After being 245 pounds and 6‘,2“ tall, I Now way 211 and feel phenomenal in the water. I try to swim five days a week, lifting weights, running the stationary bike at least four days a week. I take AG1 greens, balance of nature, and a new supplement called NMN. The last supplement, I named, has made a massive difference in my body, shape, size and appearance. I do not use cocaine,(careful with accusations, they set some ppl off) nor do I take any drugs. But I am asked constantly if I am on steroids.(see above reference) Once you train your body, and get rid of the limitations, people set for themselves, you can achieve anything. Going through SEALs as a 19 year old changed my mindset. I plan on training hard and seeing results at the Rowdy Swim meet in October. Good luck and stick with what works for YOU! Everyone is going to have their go to trump card… keep kicking ***

RE: My nutrition while swimming at middle age

MA02T — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 02:09:41 GMT

I have only been training for 5 months now and am approaching my 4th meet in the middle of February. What works for me is plenty of water and Net Zero Gatorade during practice. I eat plenty of protein, fish, some meats, turkey, vegetables, healthy snacks, bananas, blue berries, soups, salads, nuts, eggs, oat meal, sandwiches, shakes, etc. I don’t drink alcohol. Some carbs are OK. I like brown rice and suchi. No milk. No pasta. Some dark chocolate. I am a retired cross fit athlete and they had a similar nutritional prescription that was posted on their wall. Dieting is challenging, although I try my best. I do some intermediate fasting 2x per month. Also dry land full body work outs with weights 1-2x per month. I am open to new ideas and will switch things up if needed.

RE: My nutrition while swimming at middle age

Patrick W. Brundage — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 02:34:04 GMT

Kudos and glad what you're doing is working for you. I'm also 6'4", was in the 180-185 weight range in university, and got up to probably the 210 lb weight range by my early 30s. I swam very sporadically post-university, but then jumped back into Masters 20 years ago. It took me awhile, but I've managed to stay right around 190 lbs (+/- 5 lbs) since 2002. I don't really have any formal diet plan, but over the last 10 years have certainly decreased my carb intake. My main diet key is that, other than when I'm traveling, I'm pretty much eating home-cooked foods with really basic, whole-food ingredients. I know every body is different, but, exercise-wise ... In the pool, while I don't formally do USRPT, the vast majority of my workouts are race-paced. Intensity is the key. Volume is not. I usually average about 15K yards per week, but pretty intense. I don't lift weights currently, but do a few body weight routines each week. Once it's safer/easier/more fun to be back in the gym post-COVID, though, I'll get back to lifting as I've found that to be a great supplement to swimming for weight maintenance. I almost always have another exercise routine that goes along with the above two. For many years, it was yoga. These days, it's hiking (averaging about 25KM per week). Finally, though we can't do this in these crazy times, I have found that signing up for races (pool or open water) to be the best way for me to stay in shape. Working out to work out doesn't work for me. I need something to point to.