swim log book

RE: swim log book

ArtShark — Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:29:52 GMT

I am surprized no one mentioned the personal swim manager PSM by Hy-Tek. It is by far the best product I have seen. Keeps all of your swimming records. Best times, goals , meets, all your mileage. breaks it down into energy levels, strokes, with fins without , drills etc. etc. . Prints out reports of all kinds. Even % of improvement etc. It is the same format all of the meet directors use. Hy-Tek is the way to go for serious recordkeeping.

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Former Member — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 17:17:29 GMT

Originally posted by Scansy Only an engineer would keep that much detail.:cool: I hear ya :D I thought of it, didn't have time for it. (I do it on and off... last month or so it's off.) Have to download that PDA app. Is it the PDA version of the meet manager? I think I saw that one on-line. I need one that is a diet log too. If I don't write it down, I tend to overdo my calories... and I really need to fitina bikiny in time for Italy!!! - 2 more sizes... 25 pounds. I can do that by june! But, man, being my teams webmaster, I keep an eye on the website statistics.... But, I enter the splits from my long postal swims in excell, and ... well you know all the cool things you can do with that... Calculate the 50's, make charts, etc...

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Former Member — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 17:08:55 GMT

I add a running 5 week average so that the large week-to-week variability is smoothed out. Only a physicist or an economist would do that!

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Former Member — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:59:02 GMT

PDA

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Former Member — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:07:07 GMT

Hmmmmm..... running average..... I think I will add that!:)

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Former Member — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 15:00:08 GMT

I use excel also - I track yardage by stroke. And each stroke is broke into swim, pull, kick, drill. Then it totals the weekly distance and the annual distance for each of the 16 categories. It also keeps track of time and pace and calculates miles too. (I added that because non-swimmers would ask me how far I swam - I would say something like 2500 yards - and they would ask how many miles is that? I had no clue, so now it is calculated for me.) Only an engineer would keep that much detail.:cool:

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Former Member — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 13:50:55 GMT

Originally posted by Bob Boder I use an excel spreadsheet to track distance; with months across the top and the days (1 through 31) down the side. I keep track of my yardage with Excel also - I enter the yardage for each week. I also graph this year along with the previous year and the year (2000) when I had my highest annual yardage. The graphs give me a good idea about how I am doing. It also gives me a feel for how I am increasing yardage and then decreasing before a meet. Yes, Excel is useful for other things besides keeping track of money :)

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Former Member — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 08:40:37 GMT

I use an excel spreadsheet to track distance; with months across the top and the days (1 through 31) down the side. It adds up each month and calculates miles per month. It also figures totals for the year. I can't keep track of workouts or how good I did or felt but its interesting to see the distance over the year. I have this for about 5 years now.

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Former Member — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 06:58:13 GMT

The USMS log book is available? I asked for it last year for 2003 and Tracy Grilli said it unfortunately hadn't been printed. I made very good use of the 2002 one. Is there a 2004 version?

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:34:03 GMT

I have an Application on my Palm PDA called Swimlog. Downloaded it about 2 years ago for free and it keeps a running log of yards swam. You can put in meters or yards and it does conversion for you. Very basic application, doesn't save workouts or anything like that, but if you want to track yardage it is an excellent way to do it. Look for it at CNET I think that is where I downloaded it. If it is not there I can try and email you the application, just let me know. You can email me at azperrys@cox.net

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Former Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:18:25 GMT

Amy, I certainly don't want to discourage you from keeping a log book. Lot's of people find them useful. But,... If your logbook entries consist only of how many yards you swam, they can influence you to evaluate your training by that standard only. There are many different things that go into a balanced training plan. Refreshing and refining your stroke mechanics. Working on any or all 4 strokes or IM's; starts and turns. Training tailored to sprint, middle distance or long distance events. Building and peaking for top performance at a season ending meet. (Emmett Hines' Fitness Swimming has an excellent, succinct chapter on making a workout plan for a season. There are a number of other books that discuss this too.) So, I guess I'm saying use a logbook with awareness. Understand what your goals are, and avoid falling into the fallacy of thinking the answer to everything is to just get more yards in. Matt

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knelson — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 04:06:09 GMT

Originally posted by jim thornton If you have access to a computer, you might try keeping your weekly yards on a spread sheet. Since she's posting here I take it she has access to a computer :)

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jim thornton — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 01:34:28 GMT

If you have access to a computer, you might try keeping your weekly yards on a spread sheet. I've been doing this for the past six years, and it's proven a great way to keep motivated. I put down my yards each week, including the times I am out of town or sick or otherwise unable to swim, and the little program I wrote automatically calculates my weekly average mileage. Examples: 1998 to 1999 4.25 miles 1999 to 2000 4.00 2000 to 2001 5.08 2001 to 2002 7.21 2002 to 2003 7.92 2003 to 2004 7.37 What's neat about this is you can see if you're falling behind with your goals. You can also find patterns between your mileage and swimming times. My times took a major leap in the positive direction when upped my workouts from 4-5 miles to 7-8 miles per week.

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waves101 — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 01:27:01 GMT

I use the USMS planner which is available by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope (5x7) with 60 cents postage to Tracy Grilli, USMS National Office, P.O. Box 185, Londonderry, NH 03053-0185. The only problem is its a small book. Depending on how long your workout is, you may have to write small. All I really do is keep track of my total yardage.