My question is should I start training every day or stick to every other day allowing my body time to recover between swims ?
After 2 months of swimming 3 times a week I am now up to 2500m over 70 mins sessions. I am not as young as I was and I am not sure which is best for my body.
I am now living next door to a 50m pool, H20 in Kelowna, BC, Canada. This is a great facility.
After 10 years living in Wales, UK where my local pool was unwilling to put lanes in for workouts. I am now finally getting the chance to train and get back my swim fitness.
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That depends on what you are expecting from swimming.Is it for fittness only,or are you planning on competing?Is your goal to swim long distance,or open water, or are you satisfied with the amount per swim so far?Are you working on any other stroke then freestyle?
My experince has been like this.....
I used to love swimming 5-6 days a week,1.5+miles.Yes I was sore,but 24 hours usually allowed me enough time to recover,and I swam in the early afternoon-which I think helped as by then muscles that were tight had had a chance to loosen up.An accident that broke my ankle and a stern warning from my surgeon that my bones were "mushy" made me realize that I had done very little in terms of weight bearing excersize-for almost 10 years!When I was 20 that may not have been an issue-but the older you get the more important it is.Since recovering I have made it back into the pool-though I have scaled back to twice a week,and I have also consistently added walking,running,rowing and biking to my weekly routine.
That depends on what you are expecting from swimming.Is it for fittness only,or are you planning on competing?Is your goal to swim long distance,or open water, or are you satisfied with the amount per swim so far?Are you working on any other stroke then freestyle?
My experince has been like this.....
I used to love swimming 5-6 days a week,1.5+miles.Yes I was sore,but 24 hours usually allowed me enough time to recover,and I swam in the early afternoon-which I think helped as by then muscles that were tight had had a chance to loosen up.An accident that broke my ankle and a stern warning from my surgeon that my bones were "mushy" made me realize that I had done very little in terms of weight bearing excersize-for almost 10 years!When I was 20 that may not have been an issue-but the older you get the more important it is.Since recovering I have made it back into the pool-though I have scaled back to twice a week,and I have also consistently added walking,running,rowing and biking to my weekly routine.
