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?
It sounds like you have had a tough go of it...............Keep your sense of humor and motivation;
What a cool experience for your daughter! By the way, your mom used me as a consultant on her Christmas gift. I hope she's enjoying her swim boxes! :presents2:
Oh, I am FINE. Honestly. I just threw that out there because y'all seemed to appreciate my sarcastic sense of humor. Besides, at least swimsuits don't stick to the bottom of the pool......unlike our Summer league pool, as I learned dong the backstroke on a parent relay at the end of the year party a few years ago!!! :blush: That and I really WAS looking for input on the shoulder thing. It is better today.......of course my plan to just go do 3500-4000 yards of lap swimming was destroyed by a sick kid I had to get to the doctor, grrr....
Abigail LOVES the Swimfluence stuff! That was a GREAT gift! She has been slowing working her way up the ladder, and has made great strides over the past couple of years. Goals keep moving up. Had a setback at our LSC (SES) championship as she was sick all week the week before, and added time in everything. Still got a 2nd place in the 50 Fly, a couple of 4ths, and the rest all top 10's, but she had really wanted a couple of 1sts, and had a chance. Sectionals were obviously much bigger, and she dropped time, but a couple of mental breakdowns cost her. Took a VERY late extra stroke into the wall on the 50 Fly.....to the poinit where she almost hit the wall with her head. That took her from 2/3 to 5. Bad 3rd turn on the 100 Fly cost her a Senior cut (she went 1:00.43). It is funny how critical some teeny little mistakes can be. She is hoping for the Zones team this year. I honestly don't know what to expect. She's a bit behind most of those girls developmentally, so it'll be tough, but the future darn sure looks good!!! Pic for reference.....she's the one on the right (and she's in front of that girl! but admittedly, she's one of the bigger ones) right before I believe backstroke finals.
It sounds like you have had a tough go of it...............Keep your sense of humor and motivation;
What a cool experience for your daughter! By the way, your mom used me as a consultant on her Christmas gift. I hope she's enjoying her swim boxes! :presents2:
Oh, I am FINE. Honestly. I just threw that out there because y'all seemed to appreciate my sarcastic sense of humor. Besides, at least swimsuits don't stick to the bottom of the pool......unlike our Summer league pool, as I learned dong the backstroke on a parent relay at the end of the year party a few years ago!!! :blush: That and I really WAS looking for input on the shoulder thing. It is better today.......of course my plan to just go do 3500-4000 yards of lap swimming was destroyed by a sick kid I had to get to the doctor, grrr....
Abigail LOVES the Swimfluence stuff! That was a GREAT gift! She has been slowing working her way up the ladder, and has made great strides over the past couple of years. Goals keep moving up. Had a setback at our LSC (SES) championship as she was sick all week the week before, and added time in everything. Still got a 2nd place in the 50 Fly, a couple of 4ths, and the rest all top 10's, but she had really wanted a couple of 1sts, and had a chance. Sectionals were obviously much bigger, and she dropped time, but a couple of mental breakdowns cost her. Took a VERY late extra stroke into the wall on the 50 Fly.....to the poinit where she almost hit the wall with her head. That took her from 2/3 to 5. Bad 3rd turn on the 100 Fly cost her a Senior cut (she went 1:00.43). It is funny how critical some teeny little mistakes can be. She is hoping for the Zones team this year. I honestly don't know what to expect. She's a bit behind most of those girls developmentally, so it'll be tough, but the future darn sure looks good!!! Pic for reference.....she's the one on the right (and she's in front of that girl! but admittedly, she's one of the bigger ones) right before I believe backstroke finals.
