Hi all,
I have just started swimming. I am 25. I am in very good shape but I need something more. I am finding my swimming lessons at the YMCA boring. I want to compete or find a club to train with. I am, by no means, a good swimmer. I am still figuring it all out.
Does anyone have any advice? I don't think I am ready for Masters swimming but I want something more, something to really push me.
Lastly, how do you know when you are ready for Masters swimming? What skills must you have? What is Masters swimming all about? Are there any good resources to contact groups to train with?
Thanks,
Kate:confused:
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If you can do freestyle under 2:00 in a 100 yard swim and know at least one or two other strokes masters swimming is for you. And there are masters clubs in your area. You are at a good age to swim because you still have youth on your side. And I bet that being on a team you could do a 50 yard freestyle under the 40 second range by working out with other master swimmers. I'm a 45 year old woman that stop swimming for about 27 years and did a 50 yard breastroke which is the slowest stroke at 42.9 at a recent meet.
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If you can do freestyle under 2:00 in a 100 yard swim and know at least one or two other strokes masters swimming is for you. And there are masters clubs in your area. You are at a good age to swim because you still have youth on your side. And I bet that being on a team you could do a 50 yard freestyle under the 40 second range by working out with other master swimmers. I'm a 45 year old woman that stop swimming for about 27 years and did a 50 yard breastroke which is the slowest stroke at 42.9 at a recent meet.
