I swim lots and lots of long distance and often find myself drifting off in thought while staring at the little tiles on the bottom of the pool. Doing sets of 200s or 300s tends not to be a problem...it's the 500 and 1000 yds that I loose concentration. When I start concentrating on technique is when I'm most likely to forget what lap I was on! Is there a gizmo out there to help me out? I envision something I can hang on the wall that would advance with my flipturn. Does anyone have any tricks to help them out with the counting of laps? Thanks!
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Thanks for the great responses to my original post. There are many good ideas here with the common theme essentially mixing up a long swim into smaller consecutive sets. Keeping track of the sets is easier than counting individual laps, and is a far more interesting swim. Having returned to swimming a relatively short time ago, I'm now putting an effort into a more creative workout. Up to this point, my focus has just been to get the distance in for the sole purpose of fitness and conditioning. I find myself now focusing on the details of a more creative approach to meeting those goals. The posted workouts found on this site are a huge help...along with the ideas expressed in threads like this.
Steve
Thanks for the great responses to my original post. There are many good ideas here with the common theme essentially mixing up a long swim into smaller consecutive sets. Keeping track of the sets is easier than counting individual laps, and is a far more interesting swim. Having returned to swimming a relatively short time ago, I'm now putting an effort into a more creative workout. Up to this point, my focus has just been to get the distance in for the sole purpose of fitness and conditioning. I find myself now focusing on the details of a more creative approach to meeting those goals. The posted workouts found on this site are a huge help...along with the ideas expressed in threads like this.
Steve
