After 32 years away from competitive swimming I am considering joining a club and attempting a "come back" of sorts.;)
In talking with the local club, they have dedicated times for the pool but no organized workouts. You just show up and do your thing.
Has anyone else here been away from the sport for some time and got back into swimming? If so, how did you begin your training?
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I am a new swimmer - never been on a team. The hardest part was getting in the pool the first time. It's been down hill since then.:) I have been at it for a little over a year and I am hooked.
Just make a committment to get to the pool three times a week and work on getting your enurance up. Lot's of freestyle at first just for general conditioning. Mix it up - shorter and longer intervals. Eventually, you can choose to go more frequently.
Once I got a base, I took the workouts here and modifed them for my needs. They are great. I will take a workout that is listed for 4500 yards in 1.5 hours and modify it for my needs. I limit myself to one hour at a time due to other committments so I will knock down the number of repeats so that I end up with 2700-3000 yards in an hour. You can do the same - just gear it to your level and ramp them up as you go. And because they mix in other strokes, kicking, pulling, etc it doesn't get monotonous - there is very little repeat.
And also, push yourself a little bit. Every time I swim, I try to have a repeat somewhere in the workout that makes me think "Wow, I will have trouble keeping that interval." But that makes me push myself and I improve.
Good luck!
I am a new swimmer - never been on a team. The hardest part was getting in the pool the first time. It's been down hill since then.:) I have been at it for a little over a year and I am hooked.
Just make a committment to get to the pool three times a week and work on getting your enurance up. Lot's of freestyle at first just for general conditioning. Mix it up - shorter and longer intervals. Eventually, you can choose to go more frequently.
Once I got a base, I took the workouts here and modifed them for my needs. They are great. I will take a workout that is listed for 4500 yards in 1.5 hours and modify it for my needs. I limit myself to one hour at a time due to other committments so I will knock down the number of repeats so that I end up with 2700-3000 yards in an hour. You can do the same - just gear it to your level and ramp them up as you go. And because they mix in other strokes, kicking, pulling, etc it doesn't get monotonous - there is very little repeat.
And also, push yourself a little bit. Every time I swim, I try to have a repeat somewhere in the workout that makes me think "Wow, I will have trouble keeping that interval." But that makes me push myself and I improve.
Good luck!
