Does anyone else ever mentally hum a tune during swim practices and/or races? My personal favorite, when I am trying to summon energy from my exhausted body, is the 1812 Overture--I try to time it so the cannons start firing towards the latter part of the race.
I'd be interested to hear what goes through other peoples' minds as they swim, musical or otherwise.
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I do usually sing during workouts ... but fall quickly into some one line rhythmic repeater.
I just read The Waterproof Coach (by Thomas Denes). He advocates using a personal "Song-O-Meter" to determine your swimming pace. He writes,
When you swim easy you should be able to sing your favorite song in your head without any problem. (That is, provided you have a favorite song to which you know the words.) When you swim at a moderate pace, you'll find yourself either forgetting some of the words or repeating the same refrain over and over like a broken record. When you swim fast, songs are out of the question. You'll be working too hard.
He goes on to joke about the Carpenters and the Osmonds ... :eek: (all on p.7)
I like it as a method of determining pace, especially for workouts when I don't want to be too obsessed with the clock.
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I do usually sing during workouts ... but fall quickly into some one line rhythmic repeater.
I just read The Waterproof Coach (by Thomas Denes). He advocates using a personal "Song-O-Meter" to determine your swimming pace. He writes,
When you swim easy you should be able to sing your favorite song in your head without any problem. (That is, provided you have a favorite song to which you know the words.) When you swim at a moderate pace, you'll find yourself either forgetting some of the words or repeating the same refrain over and over like a broken record. When you swim fast, songs are out of the question. You'll be working too hard.
He goes on to joke about the Carpenters and the Osmonds ... :eek: (all on p.7)
I like it as a method of determining pace, especially for workouts when I don't want to be too obsessed with the clock.
