At my yearly physical last week a funny thing happened. The doctors staff informed me that swimming is not an aerobic exercise and that I would be better off walking briskly for 20 to 30 minutes a couple days each week.
I explained I try to swim 2 to 3 times each week for 60 to 90 minutes,and my workout is prepared by MO, ya'll might recognise that name. They asked me the distance I cover in that time and I responded with 2800 to 3500 yards or 1.5 to 2 miles depending on time.
Not good enough according to the staff. I should be walking. I will let the facts stand for themselves.
Age 48
Wt 149
BP 120/80
Pulse 60
Body Fat 18%
Total Cholesterol 194 (need to eat better)
Well it is off to the pool for another MO workout. Maybe I will walk briskly from my car to the pool and see if that counts. Thanks for those workouts MO I enjoy them.
Have a great day
Paul
Parents
Former Member
Originally posted by laineybug
Having coaches contact doctors to educate them on the positive effects of swimming the kind of workouts USMS clubs do, would hopefully increase the number of doctors who recommend swimming as an aerobic activity to their patients... it follows that, that would increase participation in USMS in areas that have clubs and coaches. However, areas where there are no organized clubs would not have coaches to make contact with doctors.
Precisely. Thats why I said outreach is an entirely different topic - at least in areas where there are no coaches now. BUT by expanding the number of accepted marketing avenues for Masters also increases the liklihood that coaches will take an entrepreneurial stab at starting new programs - some in areas where none exist now.
And I don't think that "having coaches contact doctors" is the way such contact will be initiated - it'll be because agressive coaches CHOOSE to make such contacts and nurture the relationships for purposes of building their own existing programs.
And there will be particularly enterprising coaches that might choose to start a program targeted specifically (and perhaps exclusively) for serving referred patients, tayloring training according to medical input, providing feedback and results to suit the special requirements of such a client base. Of course such an operation may not fall within the scope of Masters organizational resources (ie insurance, which is, currently, the only real "binder" that USMS has to cause coaches to require their swimmers to enlist).
Originally posted by laineybug
Having coaches contact doctors to educate them on the positive effects of swimming the kind of workouts USMS clubs do, would hopefully increase the number of doctors who recommend swimming as an aerobic activity to their patients... it follows that, that would increase participation in USMS in areas that have clubs and coaches. However, areas where there are no organized clubs would not have coaches to make contact with doctors.
Precisely. Thats why I said outreach is an entirely different topic - at least in areas where there are no coaches now. BUT by expanding the number of accepted marketing avenues for Masters also increases the liklihood that coaches will take an entrepreneurial stab at starting new programs - some in areas where none exist now.
And I don't think that "having coaches contact doctors" is the way such contact will be initiated - it'll be because agressive coaches CHOOSE to make such contacts and nurture the relationships for purposes of building their own existing programs.
And there will be particularly enterprising coaches that might choose to start a program targeted specifically (and perhaps exclusively) for serving referred patients, tayloring training according to medical input, providing feedback and results to suit the special requirements of such a client base. Of course such an operation may not fall within the scope of Masters organizational resources (ie insurance, which is, currently, the only real "binder" that USMS has to cause coaches to require their swimmers to enlist).
