Hello all

I stumbled across the site looking for some workouts online. I have been sort of interested in getting into masters swimming but have always fabricated some excuse why I couldn't. I swam competetively since I was 8 through high school but stopped just short of the college level. I swam during my college days just to try and stay in shape and the coaches eyeballed me in the pool and wanted to know why I wouldn't try out. I was having too much fun in college to get up at 4AM and run. :) Although the swim team always had the best parties... Anyway, I'm coming up on my 36th birthday and I am very out of shape. I am 6'2" and about 240. I've had enough of this. It's time to do something about this before I turn 40. I've laid out a two month plan to get back to the 2000 yards per session level, and believe me, it will take me 2 months. At what point should I go ahead and join my local masters? Right now, I'd look silly trying to keep up in practice much less compete. Should I wait until I'm down to 200 pounds and swimming 6000+ yards a week? BTW, 'Slimy" was my nickname as a kid because the disgusting water we practiced in out at the public olympic outdoor pool turned my hair green and gave it a nice slimy sheen. I'm sure you all have had similar experiences. :D Well, I don't have hair anymore so I can't complain about that. :mad: :D