I posted on the 50 plus thread a while back that I was swimming 3500 plus each time I swam. As luck would have it other obligations have cut into my swimming time and I have had to cut back to an average of 2250 per session during the month of April. The range is 1650 to 3250 for the month.
This is not good but will have to do. I have lost endurance but I am trying to work on stroke and strength. With only about 50 minutes to swim a couple times of week that is all I can do. One of ya'll suggested that I work on fly doing 12X25 fly each time I swim. This has worked out well. The pool was turned around for long course yesterday and I was able to make about 40 to 45 meters before my stroke deteriated. My time has also came down for the 25 fly.
My goal is to swim the 200 IM by June 29 in a respectable time. If I can get the time down I will enter my first masters meet then.
To offset the lack of swimming I am lifting weights several times a week at night. I only have dumbells but again we all make do with what we have.
This might not be much but some swimming is better than none. This also makes me easier to live with while improving my cardiovascular system.
Suggestions welcome.
Have a great day
Paul
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You are way ahead of me in distance so my experience probably doesn't mean much for yours. But I actually improved my swimming when I started swimming less and doing more cross-training. I didn't expect it to work that way but couldn't spend so much time in the pool and tried to make up for it with other cardio workouts and extra weight training - focusing on swimming muscles. To my surprise my swimming improved.
Hope you have a similarly positive experience.
You are way ahead of me in distance so my experience probably doesn't mean much for yours. But I actually improved my swimming when I started swimming less and doing more cross-training. I didn't expect it to work that way but couldn't spend so much time in the pool and tried to make up for it with other cardio workouts and extra weight training - focusing on swimming muscles. To my surprise my swimming improved.
Hope you have a similarly positive experience.