I'm a practicing Muslim and Ramadan is coming up very soon so that means I'm gonna be fasting. And due to time constraints I can only swim at one very tiny pool that must be less than 12.5 meters. The problem is that I've worked hard on getting my times low and the championship meet I want to compete at lies the day after Ramadan ends. So I can compete, but I don't just want to compete I want to win. I'm a freestyle sprinter and I focus on the 50 free and 100 free with a little bit of phases on breastroke. The question is can I do it? In such a tiny little pool, I'll probably train using USRPT but I'm not even sure if the pool is 12.5 meters.. What can I do? I just need advice, I've worked my butt off just to get to this moment and my religion is in the way
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Small hotel pools are a challenge. It is very hard to work on form and rhythm. You can work on turns and streamlining pretty well. At hotel pools I also work on kicking sets,pulling sets with no push off,vertical kicking sets,tread water sprints arms only(get as high in the water for 30 sec as you can) tread water sprints legs only(arms over head) etc.It takes ingenuity,but you can get a pretty goo workout.
I can try some of this stuff. I'm contemplating skipping 2 days
of fasting a week.. Ugh I'm just so unsure
Small hotel pools are a challenge. It is very hard to work on form and rhythm. You can work on turns and streamlining pretty well. At hotel pools I also work on kicking sets,pulling sets with no push off,vertical kicking sets,tread water sprints arms only(get as high in the water for 30 sec as you can) tread water sprints legs only(arms over head) etc.It takes ingenuity,but you can get a pretty goo workout.
I can try some of this stuff. I'm contemplating skipping 2 days
of fasting a week.. Ugh I'm just so unsure
