Started swimming again this year in an effort to get in better shape. Haven't done it since college (I'm 43), and that was just for exercise. Did it as a kid, now my kids also swim. At any rate, I'm just doing laps right now. Usually 6 sets of 500, occasionally only 5 and occasionally 7 or 8. ~5 days a week when life doesn't get in the way (so about 15,000 yards per week). About 25% ***, 25% back, and 50% free. I have occasionally thrown some fly in there, but I just can't do it without it fatiguing me to the point where the remainder of the set is very suboptimal.
At any rate, I am wondering at what point I should start looking to transition to doing workouts, rather than just laps. There is no Masters program that will work for me, so I'd just be following the posted workouts from the forums. Should I just jump right in? Should I start from "week 1," or just hit it right in the middle? Also, should I just be looking mostly at the general workouts, of mixing it up with the IM workouts to get more strokes, or start with general and slowly work my way towards the IM stuff?
Anything y'all need to know to help guide me the right way?
Oh, Elaine. Thanks for teh compliments! I've lucked out pretty much my whole life on teh family thing. And one has to be a parent to fully appreciate the sacrifices one's own parents made, so I'm much more appreciative of Mom as an adult than I was as a kid. I don't know how she managed it all.
Your mom is a wonderful lady, and I'll bet she was a good mom. You did luck out!
I'm sorry you hurt your shoulder-- bummer! Hey, is the bottom or side of the pool tile? If so, I wonder if you could stick on something with a suction cup backing (like a kid's tub or shower toy) to stick on the bottom to mark where to start your turn. Either that, or you could bring a plastic-coated weight for the bottom of the pool. Of course, King Frog's suggestion was a good one!
By the way, if you ever need breaststroke advice, hop on over to "The Breaststroke Lane" thread. That's the lily pad where all us frogs hang out. :D King Frog is the KING of the pad, and he croaks the best advice of all. :bow: (I saw him break the World Record at 2011 Nationals in Auburn :banana:, and then I was competing with him at the World Championships on Montreal when he broke it again. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see it, because I was competing over at the women's pool at the same time. The celebratory dinner afterwards was fun, though!)
Oh, Elaine. Thanks for teh compliments! I've lucked out pretty much my whole life on teh family thing. And one has to be a parent to fully appreciate the sacrifices one's own parents made, so I'm much more appreciative of Mom as an adult than I was as a kid. I don't know how she managed it all.
Your mom is a wonderful lady, and I'll bet she was a good mom. You did luck out!
I'm sorry you hurt your shoulder-- bummer! Hey, is the bottom or side of the pool tile? If so, I wonder if you could stick on something with a suction cup backing (like a kid's tub or shower toy) to stick on the bottom to mark where to start your turn. Either that, or you could bring a plastic-coated weight for the bottom of the pool. Of course, King Frog's suggestion was a good one!
By the way, if you ever need breaststroke advice, hop on over to "The Breaststroke Lane" thread. That's the lily pad where all us frogs hang out. :D King Frog is the KING of the pad, and he croaks the best advice of all. :bow: (I saw him break the World Record at 2011 Nationals in Auburn :banana:, and then I was competing with him at the World Championships on Montreal when he broke it again. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see it, because I was competing over at the women's pool at the same time. The celebratory dinner afterwards was fun, though!)
