Hey everyone!
I was a competitive swimmer when I was younger, for about 6 years. I have also raced motocross and BMX my entire life, until about a year ago. I had a really bad crash back in 2007 during a BMX race that all in all, left me with an incredible severe concussion, broken eye socket, and a lot of post-crash issues. Added on top of all of my other injuries, I'm a complete mess and decided it's time to get back into the pool.
Since I've been an athlete my whole life, being only a little bit out of shape and losing all of my tone that I've had for as long as I can remember absolutely kills me. I can't go to the gym anymore, I can't run, and swimming is my only option for a workout. Don't get me wrong, I'm completely excited to get back in the water! I love to swim, it's in my blood.
I just almost feel overwhelmed right now and don't know where to start. I'm being hard on myself because I know that I used to swim a few thousand yards a day, and I'm just not there anymore. I'm not terribly out of shape, only a little bit.
I'm back on my old diet, so there's no worries there- it's just the exercise portion.
I just was wondering if anyone could tell me a good beginning workout to start out with? Any tips? Thank you so much everyone!:)
I started out about 6 months ago after not swimming much. Just a basic workout for about an hour 1500 to 2000 yards about 3 or 4 times per week. At the beginning I was pretty out of shape and over-weight too. Each week i would add about 100-200 yards or so, depending on how i was feeling.
My starting workout was:
5x 200 (1st free, 2nd and 3rd 50fr-50bk-50br-50fr, 4th and 5th pull)
10x50 on 60 with fins (to sprint and feel swimmng faster)
To work in some fly and stroke, I'd swim reps 1-4 25 fly-25 fr, and then 5-7 bk, then final 3- 50s free descending
4x50 kick
100 c/d
=1800 yards
It took two months to build to about 3000 yds per workout, and now swimmminig 4-5 times per week after 6 months. Starting out was painful and took about 4 months to feel reasonably good - flipping all my turns etc.
There are great workouts on this board - but most are for those well along. I also bought Gale Bernhardts triathlon swimming workouts spiral bound book and will modify them to add more stroke and sprints. I started running, biking and weights, which takes time and energy.
:carolers:
I started out about 6 months ago after not swimming much. Just a basic workout for about an hour 1500 to 2000 yards about 3 or 4 times per week. At the beginning I was pretty out of shape and over-weight too. Each week i would add about 100-200 yards or so, depending on how i was feeling.
My starting workout was:
5x 200 (1st free, 2nd and 3rd 50fr-50bk-50br-50fr, 4th and 5th pull)
10x50 on 60 with fins (to sprint and feel swimmng faster)
To work in some fly and stroke, I'd swim reps 1-4 25 fly-25 fr, and then 5-7 bk, then final 3- 50s free descending
4x50 kick
100 c/d
=1800 yards
It took two months to build to about 3000 yds per workout, and now swimmminig 4-5 times per week after 6 months. Starting out was painful and took about 4 months to feel reasonably good - flipping all my turns etc.
There are great workouts on this board - but most are for those well along. I also bought Gale Bernhardts triathlon swimming workouts spiral bound book and will modify them to add more stroke and sprints. I started running, biking and weights, which takes time and energy.
:carolers:
