Hello - this is my first post as I stumbled across this website while looking for workouts.
A little bit about myself....I am 44 years old and have been away from swimming (or any kind of real phsycial activity) for a number of years. I swam competitively as a youth, in high school and in college. I was swimming with a masters team, but felt the workouts were geared towards those interested in competing. The rest of us were just sort of thrown in a lane together!!
4 months ago I decided to lose weight and get back in shape. Although I walk almost daily, I missed swimming. I just discovered that the local community pool has lap swimming 3 days a week and water aerobics 2 days a week. Perfect!!
The first week I swam the following:
200 free swim; 2 free kick
200 back swim; 200 back kick
200 free swim; 200 free kick
200 *** swim; 200 *** kick
200 free swim; 200 free back
The problem is....where to go from here. I am looking for any advice, suggestions, etc. on where to take my workouts from here.
My goal is continue on my own through the summer, take a swimming class (where I can do laps) at the local community college, and then join the masters program (when I feel I can keep up). I am hesitant to join the masters now, as I feel I may get discouraged.
As I said, any suggestions, advice, workouts anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi ya!
Welcome back to swimming!
This website can be very useful for training programmes and I also would recommend Trinewbies' swimming workouts (www.trinewbies.com/2Swim.htm). They have a wide variety of workouts, ranging from beginner to advanced.
Once you can swim between 1500-2000 m/yds, I would also suggest that you check out your local Masters team. As you've already swam Masters before, so I'm sure you know what they are like; however, I would also add that they do accommodate a variety of swimmers and will get you up to par, so to speak, perhaps quicker than training on your own.
One last thing- don't do too much too soon!
Good luck with it and happy swimming...
Hi ya!
Welcome back to swimming!
This website can be very useful for training programmes and I also would recommend Trinewbies' swimming workouts (www.trinewbies.com/2Swim.htm). They have a wide variety of workouts, ranging from beginner to advanced.
Once you can swim between 1500-2000 m/yds, I would also suggest that you check out your local Masters team. As you've already swam Masters before, so I'm sure you know what they are like; however, I would also add that they do accommodate a variety of swimmers and will get you up to par, so to speak, perhaps quicker than training on your own.
One last thing- don't do too much too soon!
Good luck with it and happy swimming...
