Getting the motivation to swim daily...

One thing I do when trying to ramp up yardage is add 100 yards a week. So if you are swimming 3 times this week 500 yards each time. NExt week, swim 3 times 600 yards, and continue like that. IF you decide after a couple of weeks to add a 4th day, don't add more yardage that week and go a couple of weeks with the additional day, so you don't wear yourself out too quickly. I combine weight lifting and swimming. I will lift for an hour before work, and then swim on my lunch, or after work. I can definately tell that the weight lifting affects my swimming, but swimming also helps prevent soreness from the weight lifting. Another tip on how to work with the on-line work-outs. I often don't have time for the full 3500, so I break it down and will do parts of each section, or one day I will not do the kick part, and another day I don't do the drills, or I do 2 sets of Main instead of 3, or whatever. Also, don't discount rest days. They are very, very important when doing both swimming and weight lifting. Your body needs a day of just gentle stretching and nothing else, and sometimes depending on the type of week you are having, two days. Swimming helped me lose 35 pounds, and it helps me maintain it, and I am a middle age woman, and mother of two! Good luck, and be persistant, that is what it takes.

One thing I do when trying to ramp up yardage is add 100 yards a week. So if you are swimming 3 times this week 500 yards each time. NExt week, swim 3 times 600 yards, and continue like that. IF you decide after a couple of weeks to add a 4th day, don't add more yardage that week and go a couple of weeks with the additional day, so you don't wear yourself out too quickly. I combine weight lifting and swimming. I will lift for an hour before work, and then swim on my lunch, or after work. I can definately tell that the weight lifting affects my swimming, but swimming also helps prevent soreness from the weight lifting. Another tip on how to work with the on-line work-outs. I often don't have time for the full 3500, so I break it down and will do parts of each section, or one day I will not do the kick part, and another day I don't do the drills, or I do 2 sets of Main instead of 3, or whatever. Also, don't discount rest days. They are very, very important when doing both swimming and weight lifting. Your body needs a day of just gentle stretching and nothing else, and sometimes depending on the type of week you are having, two days. Swimming helped me lose 35 pounds, and it helps me maintain it, and I am a middle age woman, and mother of two! Good luck, and be persistant, that is what it takes.