I swam when I was younger, but never really competitively. I'm 26, and just want to swim to stay in shape, and get in better shape. I've read some of the postings, and most of the workouts seem to be for people really interested in racing and such. I'm looking for a basic beginner workout which I could do and build off of. Hopefully one of you "experts" can help me.
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I was just comparing myself, I even started lower than that. I think the first 4 weeks I did between 200 yards to 500 yards. Just this last month I started doing between 2,500 to 3,000 yards in an hour workout for 4 or 5 sessions. Sometimes I did a double workout on my day off, since I only had acess to a pool 4 days. Anyway, I'm comparing some of the people I see in lap swimming. Some of them can in 30 minutes do only about 200 to 500 yards. And many very beginning lap swimmers do mainly kicking. Some other lap swimmers can do 2000 to 4000 in an hour. I thought that the person had been back swimming a little while that why I recommend between 1000 to 1500 2 to 5 days a week. I don't know how much this person is able to swim. I had a period where I could only workout 2 days last year.
I was just comparing myself, I even started lower than that. I think the first 4 weeks I did between 200 yards to 500 yards. Just this last month I started doing between 2,500 to 3,000 yards in an hour workout for 4 or 5 sessions. Sometimes I did a double workout on my day off, since I only had acess to a pool 4 days. Anyway, I'm comparing some of the people I see in lap swimming. Some of them can in 30 minutes do only about 200 to 500 yards. And many very beginning lap swimmers do mainly kicking. Some other lap swimmers can do 2000 to 4000 in an hour. I thought that the person had been back swimming a little while that why I recommend between 1000 to 1500 2 to 5 days a week. I don't know how much this person is able to swim. I had a period where I could only workout 2 days last year.
