For those of you who race in meets, and tri's:
Do you swim all year, or do you take an off season--say one to 3 months--where there is no swimming at all?
Jerrycat
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Open water season ends about the third week of September in the Northeast, so I usually take off the ~5 weeks from then until the beginning of November. "Off" means swimming about 1/2 hour easy 3x's a week, concentrating on drills, using fistgloves, etc. Also, stretching several times a week and some light weight work to prevent shoulder injuries. I am also married to my massage therapist, so I try to look pathetic and get some sympathy massages. By the beginning of November, I am a raving psychotic and She Who Must Be Obeyed orders me back to the pool under threat of sleeping on the couch for the rest of my life.
-LBJ
Open water season ends about the third week of September in the Northeast, so I usually take off the ~5 weeks from then until the beginning of November. "Off" means swimming about 1/2 hour easy 3x's a week, concentrating on drills, using fistgloves, etc. Also, stretching several times a week and some light weight work to prevent shoulder injuries. I am also married to my massage therapist, so I try to look pathetic and get some sympathy massages. By the beginning of November, I am a raving psychotic and She Who Must Be Obeyed orders me back to the pool under threat of sleeping on the couch for the rest of my life.
-LBJ
