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!:)
Hi all,
I've been lurking here for a while and it's amazing to see such great swimmers participating.
I was an OK sprinter long before cell phones or even tv remotes, doing 25.x in the 50Y on a state champs high school team, and almost a year ago at age 66 joined masters. I do 2500-3000Y with the team 3x a week, and work on speed by myself 2x. Still being a sprinter in my mind, regardless of whether the body will follow, I really want to get under 30 in the 50, which I see is respectable for this age group. I'm doing 33.x off the block but consistently do 25Y in 15 from a pushoff, so I think the key is improving my turn. I think it's pretty bad - I swim with a guy who does open turns in practice and don't gain on him on the turns. When I swam long ago I didn't even think about it but now it's like I'm re-inventing the wheel on every turn. I'd appreciate any suggestions, and I mainly wanted to say hello...Tom
Hi all,
I've been lurking here for a while and it's amazing to see such great swimmers participating.
I was an OK sprinter long before cell phones or even tv remotes, doing 25.x in the 50Y on a state champs high school team, and almost a year ago at age 66 joined masters. I do 2500-3000Y with the team 3x a week, and work on speed by myself 2x. Still being a sprinter in my mind, regardless of whether the body will follow, I really want to get under 30 in the 50, which I see is respectable for this age group. I'm doing 33.x off the block but consistently do 25Y in 15 from a pushoff, so I think the key is improving my turn. I think it's pretty bad - I swim with a guy who does open turns in practice and don't gain on him on the turns. When I swam long ago I didn't even think about it but now it's like I'm re-inventing the wheel on every turn. I'd appreciate any suggestions, and I mainly wanted to say hello...Tom
