Good swimming routine after 6 months of not swimming?

RE: Good swimming routine after 6 months of not swimming?

Former Member — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:15:25 GMT

Go into the workouts thread and look at the one for Expectant Mothers and Limited Mobility (I think that's what it's called). It's a great place to start getting back into shape and you can even modify these for your abilities post-accident. I hope you're able to recover soon! Thanks. I’ll definitely do that. I hope I can recover soon. Tonight after work will be the first time I’ll be back in the pool, so we’ll see.

RE: Good swimming routine after 6 months of not swimming?

Former Member — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:59:11 GMT

Expectant Mothers and Limited Mobility is a good place to start. There is no one right way to get back into the swim of things though. Your injuries are unique to you. Use another practice as a template and modify it based on what you can handle. Let me give you two examples. In 2003, I took 4 months off to ride my bike across the country. When I got back in the water, I gave myself about 2 weeks before starting to push harder. During those two weeks, I swam alot of shorter distance repeats - I hate doing anything longer than a 500 in practice. However, 2012, I had a pretty bad accident - not like yours (I broke both heels) and was in a wheelchair for 9 weeks, so was doing absolutely nothing. When I was cleared to start again, all I did was easy straight swimming (2 minute/100 pace) for an hour and no flip turns because my ankles and heels were very weak. That lasted 3-4 weeks (5x/week) before I could start doing more. If I was your coach, given what you are recovering from, I would suggest 30 minute practices for the first couple of weeks: Nothing longer than a 100, lots of rest, low intensity, any kicking is on your back and no dolphin kicking. At some point, you will want to try a flip turn and/or harder swimming and you should try it to see what happens. After a couple of weeks, I would chat with you about how you are feeling and make adjustments as appropriate. It is important to gauge your recovery on the basis of how you feel and not based on length of time. Your brain and body will let you know when you can handle more. Good Luck - will be rooting for you. :) Thanks. Tonight was my first night back in the lap pool. I could only handle 30 minutes of swimming. I did freestyle. I couldn’t handle the butterfly yet. It was to painful. I spent another 30 minutes sitting in the spa. A guy at the pool said “for a serious swimmer you didn’t do much in the water”. I was all how do you know I’m a serious swimmer? He went “well your wearing a speedo so you must be”. Told him yeah I am but I was in a car accident recently and I’m still in a lot of pain. He suggested I should maybe do some weight training or cardio to help strengthen my body again as well as swimming.

RE: Good swimming routine after 6 months of not swimming?

flystorms — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 11:50:41 GMT

RE: Good swimming routine after 6 months of not swimming?

Windrath — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 08:56:15 GMT