What Did You Swim 2 Day

1200 meters of mostly sidestroke (both sides!). It took me over half an hour. When I regained consciousness, there were two gorgeous young women hitting my head with wet towels. Lifeguard No. 1: We're not going to do CPR, if that's what you're thinking. (Whack!) Lifeguard No. 2: Yeah, so you'd better snap out of it. (Whack!) Me: Hey, that's not how they did it on Baywatch! (Whack!)

You're still a beginner ? Hmmm !!! :-P ...anyway, sorry to digress slightly from the thread, but would have thought most pools these days have designated swim lanes ...like slow, med, fast or even specific swim sessions for various levels or strokes.

Yesterday Warm-Up 250 meters full stroke, 50 meters thumb drags, 50 meters catch up (hold for 2 seconds), 50 meters single arm (alternating every 3rd), 100 meters fist swim. Main Set 10 X 200 meters, 150 meters fairly easy then sprint the final 50. Rest of 30 seconds between each swim. (I took a full minute after the 5th 200.) 400 meters breathing every 5th stroke. I managed this for the 1st and last 100 meters. Swim Down 100 meters thumb drags, 100 meters catch-up and finally 100 single arm alternating every 3rd. Analysis (1hr 10min, 3200m) 2.74 kph Today 300 meters easy, 200 meters long kick (kick 6 times, 5 full strokes and repeat) with fins, 100 meters catch-up, holding for 2 seconds, with fins. Main Set (fist half all freestyle) 25 fast, 25 slow, 50 fast, 50 slow, 75 fast, 75 slow, 100 fast, 100 slow, 125 fast, 125 slow, 75 fast, 75 slow, 25 fast, 25 slow. Followed by a 2 minute rest! 4 X 100 meters backstroke with a swim and rest of 2 and one half minutes, 4 X 75 meters ‘fly, swim and rest of 2 minutes, 4 X 50 meters breaststroke, swim and rest of 1 and one half minutes, 4 X 25 meters freestyle with a turnaround of 45 seconds. I only managed a swim down of 50 meters because of time constraints. Analysis (1hr 10min, 2600m) 2.22 kph Good to swim 2 days in a row! Paul

Last night's workout (scm) 4 x throught the following: 200 fr @ 3:00 4x50 IM's @ 1:00 Main Set: 4x300 fr desc 1-4 @ 4:10 12x25 choice @ :40 as 2 easy, 2 fast 60 sec rest 4x200 fr desc 1-4 @ 2:55 6x100 fr desc 1-4 @ 1:30 4x25 choice as 1 easy, 1 fast 200 easy 1.5 hrs 4900 m

Had to come home and take a nap after this one! 300swim 100 kick warm-up 200pull We went through this set 3x without stopping! Very challenging! 2x100 on 1:20 4x50 on :45 2x100 on 1:15 2x50 on :40 12x50 kicking with fins 1 on :50 1 on :40 x3 1 on :45 1 on :40 Easy 200 cool-down 3,500 in a hour

managed longer ladder sets this morning,25m through to 225m then back down totaling 2250m in appx an hour various rests depending on distance / tiredness

Friday 100 free 100 back 100 free 100 *** 100 free 100 back 100 *** 2x{100 free 75 fly/back/fly 75 back/***/back 75 ***/free/*** 75 free/fly/free 100 IM} 2x{75 kick 100 free 25 kick 2x50 kick 200 pull} 100 free 2800/60 minutes Saturday 2{200 *** 8x25 *** drill} 3x150 free 4x10 fly kick 4x50 free 2x100 R-IM 4x50 back 14x25 fly kick 2600/60 minutes

Well, since my child was in the dog house and sentenced to riding the bus for a week, I never made it to the school's nat for a swim last week (and sorely missed it), so I can't chime in here. However, I did spend each day doing some amount of Pilates. I'm told this is a very good supplement to swimming, and with all the focus on strengthening the "power house", i.e., torso muscles, I can understand how that is so. Does anyone else do Pilates, and if so, have you noticed a difference in your speed, endurance or technique? Anyhow, I figure that with the snow shovelling and Pilates of last week, I'm off the hook (exercise-wise) for not swimming, although neither is anywhere near as enjoyable, and I'm looking forward to getting back in the water tomorrow! Cheers!

Just back in the pool and have limited time (30 min) in the mornings to get the work out in. Hitting the water at 5:30 am is about my early tolerance limit. Still have to get home then commute to work through Houston traffic. Local health club has 25m pool Friday 500 Swim 4 x 125 IM w moving 50 100 EZ 3 x 100 BR w 15 sec rest 100 EZ 1500 M Trying to find challenging short work outs for my time frame.

Just back in the pool and have limited time (30 min) in the mornings to get the work out in. Hitting the water at 5:30 am is about my early tolerance limit. Still have to get home then commute to work through Houston traffic. Local health club has 25m pool Friday 500 Swim 4 x 125 IM w moving 50 100 EZ 3 x 100 BR w 15 sec rest 100 EZ 1500 M Trying to find challenging short work outs for my time frame.