I've just returned to swimming, and wondered what a "Typical" Masters Swimmer averages per week. How many swims each week, and how many yards/meters are covered in those swims?
My routine is just three mornings a week, between 3500 to 5000 meters, taking 60 to 80 minutes. I can't imagine swimming more with a family and job, but remember swimming so much more as a child.
Is this a common realization for those returning to swimming (with both a family and job)?
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Average probably from 9,000 to 11,500. Low as probably 8,000 yards and a high of 16,500 when I was on vacation from work and swam 6 days that week. As for the 1970's, the early part of the decade was not that high of yardage because goggles didn't come into being by almost every swimmer into practice until late 1971. Many clubs top yardage in 1972 was probably around 10,000 to 12,000 a day. It was around 1973 that swim clubs like Mission Viejo started to up it to 15,000 a day and then 20,000 yards a day.
Average probably from 9,000 to 11,500. Low as probably 8,000 yards and a high of 16,500 when I was on vacation from work and swam 6 days that week. As for the 1970's, the early part of the decade was not that high of yardage because goggles didn't come into being by almost every swimmer into practice until late 1971. Many clubs top yardage in 1972 was probably around 10,000 to 12,000 a day. It was around 1973 that swim clubs like Mission Viejo started to up it to 15,000 a day and then 20,000 yards a day.
