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.
I'm 52 and swim 4-6 days a week. Ive been doing masters for 22 years now. Like many of the others posting here, I've had a series of injuries throughout the years. I've learned, the hard way, that I really have to listen to my body (4 shoulder surgeries, 3 elbow surgeries). And I'm constantly experimenting, even after all these years. I think I will always struggle with the difference between fatigue and pain. With a serious back injury, swimming is about the only form of exercise I can do to get my aerobic fix, which I crave!
Find the balance! If swimming is something you really enjoy, do it as often as you want, but do it carefully. Remember to give yourself a rest day (or days), and vary your practices. Work kick sets, pull sets, drill sets, vary your strokes, do some distance, some sprint, etc. And think quality, not quantity. That has kept me in the water, and has meant so much to me physically and mentally.
I'm 52 and swim 4-6 days a week. Ive been doing masters for 22 years now. Like many of the others posting here, I've had a series of injuries throughout the years. I've learned, the hard way, that I really have to listen to my body (4 shoulder surgeries, 3 elbow surgeries). And I'm constantly experimenting, even after all these years. I think I will always struggle with the difference between fatigue and pain. With a serious back injury, swimming is about the only form of exercise I can do to get my aerobic fix, which I crave!
Find the balance! If swimming is something you really enjoy, do it as often as you want, but do it carefully. Remember to give yourself a rest day (or days), and vary your practices. Work kick sets, pull sets, drill sets, vary your strokes, do some distance, some sprint, etc. And think quality, not quantity. That has kept me in the water, and has meant so much to me physically and mentally.
