Hey,
I haven't had a good swimming workout since December 2002 when my High School swim team fell through. Thats about 8 months without a good workout. I was pretty good in high school a few county appearances and almost a state. I swim all the strokes and I want to improve but I know that I will need a lot of work also. I want to start swimming again this year in college and maybe join the University swim team by next year. My question here is does anyone have any good tips for someone who has been out of swimming for awhile and to stay motivated while swimming? And my second question is does anyone have good swimming or dryland workouts or tips that I could use to make the college team by next year? You could email me at mfruth1625@hotmail.com...
Thanks,
Matt
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Hey Matt-
I was reading all the replies and I say just go for it! There seems to be some debate about CC and whatnot. I'm from MN and there aren't too many CCs here that have swimming teams, either lack of funding or interest I suppose. Anyway, I swam USS and high school and then went on to swim 4 years NCAA at a D3 school. Definitely not the fastest, but not the slowest either. I learned so much swimming at the college level even at a D3 school. I learned a ton about teamwork, hard work, and dedication. I got to the point where I enjoyed a tough workout even more than I enjoyed competition. I met some of my best lifelong friends on my college team. And our team wasn't half bad either. We were conference champs two years in a row and one of our women qualified for Olympic trials and is taking the year off to train. College swimming is an amazing experience and if you can have the chance to do it I would definitely recommend giving it a shot. You sound like you are willing to work and that is really what it takes to make it at the college level. At least where I went.
Good luck!!
Nina
Hey Matt-
I was reading all the replies and I say just go for it! There seems to be some debate about CC and whatnot. I'm from MN and there aren't too many CCs here that have swimming teams, either lack of funding or interest I suppose. Anyway, I swam USS and high school and then went on to swim 4 years NCAA at a D3 school. Definitely not the fastest, but not the slowest either. I learned so much swimming at the college level even at a D3 school. I learned a ton about teamwork, hard work, and dedication. I got to the point where I enjoyed a tough workout even more than I enjoyed competition. I met some of my best lifelong friends on my college team. And our team wasn't half bad either. We were conference champs two years in a row and one of our women qualified for Olympic trials and is taking the year off to train. College swimming is an amazing experience and if you can have the chance to do it I would definitely recommend giving it a shot. You sound like you are willing to work and that is really what it takes to make it at the college level. At least where I went.
Good luck!!
Nina
