Do you swim ~literally~ every day?

It's a constant debate and battle in my head, the angel and demon on each shoulder: should I go to swim practice on the seventh day or not? Is swimming 365 days a year in good interest? I am sure context, how you live and work your hours outside of swim, matters here. Are there any true fish out here who make it to the pool day-after-day almost infallibly? I'd be impressed to hear your story! :bow: I always swim 3-4 days a week, no challenging it. I would like to always swim 5-6 days a week, and do in fact hit this goal during different seasons. Still... ....I'm always debating trying swimming 7 days a week, every week. Part of me wants to do it, because I'd want to take full responsibility for making myself the best swimmer I personally can be. And that would be an impressive and presumably rewarding undertaking. But is knocking off days of eventually-mandatory rest even worth it? Am I just being to hard on myself? Would swimming that much be counterproductive? Perhaps it would leave me feeling as though I had something to prove. Some days when I listen to my body, the is reply is "less is more." :drowning: What do you all think? Would you change your schedule to swim 7 days, every week, for as much as one whole year straight - and if you did, why would that be a worthy, worthwhile goal for you? And if you are already a fish 7 days a week, almost every week, would you ever consider swimming less? (Not counting tapering, of course: which could be defined as not swimming for a swimming reason --- as opposed to taking a break/changing your schedule: which is not swimming for an external reason or justification.)
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  • When I look through my FLOG on the USMS site, I noticed that in July 2018 I swam (some) every day. One day I actually swam twice! But looking closer, some of those swims were as little as 400 yards. I typically jump in the pool at the gym after I finish my treadmill/weights workout. Since I'm already there, why not? Some of those swims might be 1500 yards, but one was just 400. I find swimming feels great on tired legs after a tough run. There might have been some swims that i just walked to my community pool for a quick swim too. As others have said, everyone has different goals. Will swimming 20k yards a week be good training for a fast 100 yard free? Probably not, but I do know some who do that and are far faster than I'll ever be. On the other hand, will a short 2000 yard swim, consisting mostly of sprints, help to train for a 10k? Once in a while it is probably fine, but depending on the swimmer, maybe not. I used to be a part of a swimming group on Facebook where people swam at least a mile a day, every day. If I really wanted to swim every day, I probably could. My gym is open nearly every day, except Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have several other pools I have access to. For me personally, I do train for open water swims, so I'm not as concerned with shorter, quality sets (but I do some fast swims periodically just to check fitness levels). If you want to try it--go for it. Just be ready to modify if you need/want to.
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  • When I look through my FLOG on the USMS site, I noticed that in July 2018 I swam (some) every day. One day I actually swam twice! But looking closer, some of those swims were as little as 400 yards. I typically jump in the pool at the gym after I finish my treadmill/weights workout. Since I'm already there, why not? Some of those swims might be 1500 yards, but one was just 400. I find swimming feels great on tired legs after a tough run. There might have been some swims that i just walked to my community pool for a quick swim too. As others have said, everyone has different goals. Will swimming 20k yards a week be good training for a fast 100 yard free? Probably not, but I do know some who do that and are far faster than I'll ever be. On the other hand, will a short 2000 yard swim, consisting mostly of sprints, help to train for a 10k? Once in a while it is probably fine, but depending on the swimmer, maybe not. I used to be a part of a swimming group on Facebook where people swam at least a mile a day, every day. If I really wanted to swim every day, I probably could. My gym is open nearly every day, except Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have several other pools I have access to. For me personally, I do train for open water swims, so I'm not as concerned with shorter, quality sets (but I do some fast swims periodically just to check fitness levels). If you want to try it--go for it. Just be ready to modify if you need/want to.
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