Hey, all
Althiugh I have read the situations of some new swimmers on this board, I feel that my situation is somewhat different.
I have a decent level of conditioning, being that I am a powerlifter, who sometimes sprints, 2-3 times a week. However, I have wanted a sport for a long while that wont interfere with my spring sport of golf. I though back four years, to 5th grade when I was on a swim team, I absolutley loved it, but why I quit is beyond me.
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enough rambling! Could someone point me in the right direction? I have several good friends who are swimmers, and swim on the same team, however only one of them swims year round. I know that I could be better than them if I swam all year, commitment is no problem for me!
Stats: 5 foot 8 170lbs (Need to lose some fat, I would be much leaner at 160lbs) squat 375lbs deadlift 330lbs bench press 230lbs push press 180lbs.
-Any help is greatly appreciated.
-Danimal
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Originally posted by danimal
I guess what else I should ask, if how long are rest sets generally? If in a straight set, where you are supposed to swim something in 2:00, but you swim it in 1:45, you get a 15 second rest right?
Is this common for all types of swimming. I would think that keeping good form is quite hard while swimming at a fast interval for a long while.
BTW: Last night was firggin awesome! It felt so good to be back to the water. I swam some frestyle, back stroke, butterfly(my favorite), and *** stroke, my least favorite :) Im not sure of the ammounts of lanes swam, but it was good ammount that I got in during the time of about one hour.
If you're just getting back into swimming after a multi-year layoff, don't worry so much about times and intervals and rests. Just work at getting a feel for the water. Find what is comfortable. Work at increasing your distances (100 yards, then 150 then 200) while holding whatever amount of rest you need to be able to do the next repetition. Eventually you'll settle into whatever is "you", and THEN you can start trying to shave time, shorten rests, etc.
I believe that too many people bite off too much up front, and then either they hurt themselves or they don't find any joy in it at all and quit.
Originally posted by danimal
I guess what else I should ask, if how long are rest sets generally? If in a straight set, where you are supposed to swim something in 2:00, but you swim it in 1:45, you get a 15 second rest right?
Is this common for all types of swimming. I would think that keeping good form is quite hard while swimming at a fast interval for a long while.
BTW: Last night was firggin awesome! It felt so good to be back to the water. I swam some frestyle, back stroke, butterfly(my favorite), and *** stroke, my least favorite :) Im not sure of the ammounts of lanes swam, but it was good ammount that I got in during the time of about one hour.
If you're just getting back into swimming after a multi-year layoff, don't worry so much about times and intervals and rests. Just work at getting a feel for the water. Find what is comfortable. Work at increasing your distances (100 yards, then 150 then 200) while holding whatever amount of rest you need to be able to do the next repetition. Eventually you'll settle into whatever is "you", and THEN you can start trying to shave time, shorten rests, etc.
I believe that too many people bite off too much up front, and then either they hurt themselves or they don't find any joy in it at all and quit.
