Hi, everyone,
I work full time and have a baby at home and so getting to my masters practices has become impossible. I don't want to stop swimming, so I am going to try going at lunch, which only gives me about 30 minutes to swim. Not enough to be in great shape or really improve, but better than nothing, right? Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas for the best types of workouts to do when you only have half an hour?
Btw, I am a mid-level masters swimmer who used to swim 90 minute 4,000-yard-ish workouts 4 days a week pre-baby if that makes any difference.
Thanks in advance! And any other moms of babies or young toddlers out there?
I'm a swimmer going about 3000 yds per workout in an hour and have triathlon ambitions -- came across this workout book by Gale Bernhardt. Amazon.com: Swim Workouts for Triathletes: Practical Workouts to Build Speed, Strength, and Endurance (Workouts in a Binder) (9781934030752): Gale Bernhardt, Nick Hansen: Books#_ I was getting bored with my own workouts and also needed to fomulate a training plan with some periodicity, so started using it around 9/1. It's a spiral bound book with 80+ workouts and waterproof, although I keep it in a zip lock bag by the poolside.
The workouts on each book page are split between 1hour on the right side of the page (generally about 3,000 yds) and a half hour on the left side of the page (ithink generally about 2200+ yards). She recommends the half hour workouts for those with only 30 min. or beginning. The workouts are numbered and categorized to meet specific period training objectives. Obviously you can very the workouts to suit your own RIs, other strokes, and drill. I'll sometimes repeat a portion of the main set if i have time to get up to 4,000 yds. Can't quite hold her RIs for the whole main set (especially if i add kick and stroke) and so it is taking me about 70 -75 min. You can use the page right side on days when you have an hour and the page left side when you just have 30 min. The workouts seem challenging and well designed and the book is holding up fine too. I could probably pdf a few pages and send them if you want to see it or the amazon site might let you preview. Hope it helps.
I'm a swimmer going about 3000 yds per workout in an hour and have triathlon ambitions -- came across this workout book by Gale Bernhardt. Amazon.com: Swim Workouts for Triathletes: Practical Workouts to Build Speed, Strength, and Endurance (Workouts in a Binder) (9781934030752): Gale Bernhardt, Nick Hansen: Books#_ I was getting bored with my own workouts and also needed to fomulate a training plan with some periodicity, so started using it around 9/1. It's a spiral bound book with 80+ workouts and waterproof, although I keep it in a zip lock bag by the poolside.
The workouts on each book page are split between 1hour on the right side of the page (generally about 3,000 yds) and a half hour on the left side of the page (ithink generally about 2200+ yards). She recommends the half hour workouts for those with only 30 min. or beginning. The workouts are numbered and categorized to meet specific period training objectives. Obviously you can very the workouts to suit your own RIs, other strokes, and drill. I'll sometimes repeat a portion of the main set if i have time to get up to 4,000 yds. Can't quite hold her RIs for the whole main set (especially if i add kick and stroke) and so it is taking me about 70 -75 min. You can use the page right side on days when you have an hour and the page left side when you just have 30 min. The workouts seem challenging and well designed and the book is holding up fine too. I could probably pdf a few pages and send them if you want to see it or the amazon site might let you preview. Hope it helps.
