Better-than-nothing workouts

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? Hi there - My "baby" is now 4 and I get to leave her at pre-school or the childcare now :banana:, but there was a time I was sneaking in 40-45 mins in the evenings as that was all the time I had. I was also getting back into swimming after about 3 years off due to work/baby/moving. So I would just swim a certain distance and then try and beat it the next time I went. Then I started to get really fancy and do some IMs along the way aiming to keep the same distance as I did on freestyle. I guess it depends a bit on what you want to get out of it - the swim as far as you can approach is great for maintaining endurance and feel for the water but not so good if you want to sprint!

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? Hi there - My "baby" is now 4 and I get to leave her at pre-school or the childcare now :banana:, but there was a time I was sneaking in 40-45 mins in the evenings as that was all the time I had. I was also getting back into swimming after about 3 years off due to work/baby/moving. So I would just swim a certain distance and then try and beat it the next time I went. Then I started to get really fancy and do some IMs along the way aiming to keep the same distance as I did on freestyle. I guess it depends a bit on what you want to get out of it - the swim as far as you can approach is great for maintaining endurance and feel for the water but not so good if you want to sprint!