Hi all- Really short bio on me:
-Have played semi-pro sport in the past, had my daughter at the age of 30 and basically have not done a thing in the last 3 years (I'm now 36). Decided to join a Master's Club because they swim at the same time my daughter swims (by the way she rocks and is doing her first competition this month!). Ok anyways.
-LOVE our coach we do some interesting drills, feel like in 2 weeks my stroke has improved dramatically. Questions:
1. Is it normal to be so sore all over after these practices? I swam 3x this week and my whole back is sore- thinking that perhaps I'm in worst shape than I thought but will I build tolerance as I did with other sports or does continue to be sore throughout time?
2. Right now I'm swimming with fins and feel as though I'm swimming 'ok'. What to do to get enough strength built up so that I can swim at the same rate/speed without the fins?
3. Although I'm sure I'm burning calories, I have seen NOT a move with my scale. Would ideally love to lose 10 lbs but wondering if this is just not enough for cardio since this is my first shot ever at swimming- sorry for the lame question here- I'm basically really loving it, like the 'therapy' of it, but would also like to benefit from it by losing some weight. My stomach and arms have gotten a workout but will my thighs benefit as well? I mean, I see all these women swimmers with amazing bodies but do I need to swim for 15 years before I see results?
4. Lastly, how long did it take you guys to cut your time (this is my competitive side here)- I'm not fast- 36-40 seconds for a 50 yard swim and was wondering how I can work on improving my output so that my time comes down without letting things go astray (stroke, etc) I still get fatigued pretty quickly and am working up my endurance and frankly I can't wait until I can swim 200 m without stopping for breaks at the 50 or 100 mark
Thanks! :) Look forward to getting to know you all.
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Looks like you've been out of the ohysical activity loop for a while... You'll be getting sore, don't overdo it. It's easy to do when you get enthusiastic.
With swimming, give yourself a lot of time, Swimming has a lot of technique involved, a lot of body-arts to get up to speed, and you may not see results as quickly as in some other sports. That's not because there aren't any, it's just because there's more body parts involved in doing it right.
Sounds like we're the same age. Even though I haven't had a kid, I was away from moadt physical exercise for several years before getting back into exercising and starting swimming.
What I really really noticed that at 35, as compared to 25, you don't get as much result out of pushing it harder - you just uncover little weakneses that like to try and get inflamed...
What does get much more importan is giving your body enough time to rest and repair the little muscle tears.
As much as I hate to admit it, the body just doesn't recover as fast as it used to. I'm still learning it the hard way, and having a tough time shaking off the feeling of being a wimp if I'm so sore and tired that it would be wiser to miss one workout, rather then getting myself so wiped out I get sick and have to miss a whole week.
Looks like you've been out of the ohysical activity loop for a while... You'll be getting sore, don't overdo it. It's easy to do when you get enthusiastic.
With swimming, give yourself a lot of time, Swimming has a lot of technique involved, a lot of body-arts to get up to speed, and you may not see results as quickly as in some other sports. That's not because there aren't any, it's just because there's more body parts involved in doing it right.
Sounds like we're the same age. Even though I haven't had a kid, I was away from moadt physical exercise for several years before getting back into exercising and starting swimming.
What I really really noticed that at 35, as compared to 25, you don't get as much result out of pushing it harder - you just uncover little weakneses that like to try and get inflamed...
What does get much more importan is giving your body enough time to rest and repair the little muscle tears.
As much as I hate to admit it, the body just doesn't recover as fast as it used to. I'm still learning it the hard way, and having a tough time shaking off the feeling of being a wimp if I'm so sore and tired that it would be wiser to miss one workout, rather then getting myself so wiped out I get sick and have to miss a whole week.
