HOW TO??
I'm currently on a masters team on a US base here in Europe. I have to leave here soon and have been searching for a place to swim on a team in Oklahoma City. Well the past couple of weeks I have not had a lot of luck in finding one. So I've decided to try to take matters in my own hands, though I've never really been able to do this.
I know of a pool I can get to. It's just the whole going and making myself do a good 3-4K workout everyday. Without someone to push me I have quite a hard time and get bored very easily and quickly. I've swam competitivly since I was a little kid and just need to stay in swim shape (love those arms).
Any of you had this same problem and could help me see the light at the end that maybe this could be accomplished? Thanks
Kelli,
I had been going to a coached workout for 20 years at Caltech. Then, the powers that be decided that the Masters team had to change workout times from 6:00 - 7:30 PM to 7:00 to 8:30 PM. Getting done at 7:30, I could get home and still have a nice meal with my wife. However, getting home at 9:00 PM and having dinner was just not possible.
So for the last year and a half I have been working out on my own - and I love it! For the first year I took the workouts off the web, mostly from Mountain View Masters. I'd make a copy, plaster it to the edge of the pool and consider it the coach. Whatever it said on the paper, I did. I have worked harder than ever and have enjoyed. For the last year I have been writing my own workouts. This has been great because I have been able to tailor the workouts to my needs. I don't do junk yardage but lots of "Choice Quality Stuff". I still post the workout on the edge of the pool and do what it says. It has worked well for me.
So that I don't lose touch with my swimming friends at Caltech, I still go to a Saturday morning workout that is coached - the best of both worlds.
Try it, you may find you enjoy it!!
Glenn:cool:
I had been going to a coached workout for 20 years at Caltech. Then, the powers that be decided that the Masters team had to change workout times from 6:00 - 7:30 PM to 7:00 to 8:30 PM. Getting done at 7:30, I could get home and still have a nice meal with my wife. However, getting home at 9:00 PM and having dinner was just not possible.
So for the last year and a half I have been working out on my own - and I love it! For the first year I took the workouts off the web, mostly from Mountain View Masters. I'd make a copy, plaster it to the edge of the pool and consider it the coach. Whatever it said on the paper, I did. I have worked harder than ever and have enjoyed. For the last year I have been writing my own workouts. This has been great because I have been able to tailor the workouts to my needs. I don't do junk yardage but lots of "Choice Quality Stuff". I still post the workout on the edge of the pool and do what it says. It has worked well for me.
So that I don't lose touch with my swimming friends at Caltech, I still go to a Saturday morning workout that is coached - the best of both worlds.
Try it, you may find you enjoy it!!
Glenn:cool:
