This video was originally introduced in the "garbage yards" thread a couple of weeks ago. It is quite amazing (beyond amazing) and I feel that it deserves its own thread.
One of the posters in these forums, GGS5T, is a guy named Graham Short who lives in England. In the "garbage yards" thread he casually mentioned that he has a specific, work-related reason for why he swims 10,000 meters per day. And his reason is, well, remarkable. You have to see it to believe it.
Be sure to watch the whole thing - you're missing out if you don't get to the part with the stethoscope...
www.youtube.com/watch
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Graham, sorry if you've already answered this: how do you structure your workouts?
I work during the night to avoid vibration from passing traffic, and I swim before work and after work - then sleep during the day. I'm at the pool at 8.30 pm and again at 6.30 am.
I always start with a 500m f/c warm up swim. I aim for 5,000m a session, made up of the usual sets of, say, 10 x 200m going every 3:30 mins, 20 x 100m going every 1:45 mins, or maybe a set of 5 x 400m - nothing special, really. I mix and match. Most sessions are all front-crawl using a pullbuoy. I was a fly swimmer at one time, but I've lost it all now! I find that general aerobic work helps give me a good resting pulse rate.
Graham, sorry if you've already answered this: how do you structure your workouts?
I work during the night to avoid vibration from passing traffic, and I swim before work and after work - then sleep during the day. I'm at the pool at 8.30 pm and again at 6.30 am.
I always start with a 500m f/c warm up swim. I aim for 5,000m a session, made up of the usual sets of, say, 10 x 200m going every 3:30 mins, 20 x 100m going every 1:45 mins, or maybe a set of 5 x 400m - nothing special, really. I mix and match. Most sessions are all front-crawl using a pullbuoy. I was a fly swimmer at one time, but I've lost it all now! I find that general aerobic work helps give me a good resting pulse rate.
