How many yards a practice do you swim?

Good question, because as we get older, it also takes longer to recover, so if you add more yardage and more intensity, does that mean you are hurting yourself more because you wear yourself down and risk injury? I know there is this fine line for me when I am working out, that I risk injury. When I say working out, it is not just swimming but a combination of things. In August I experimented and really pushed my threshhold with very good results in my fitness level and weight loss efforts. However, in September, I started to have a little more back issues on the few days I allowed for rest to recover from August's intensity. Does this mean I should have kept up the intensity, nope, because I was really tired from the work I did in August and really needed the rest. It does mean I have to figure out how to protect my weak areas, if I am going to push the envelope again, which I will probably do from time to time.

Good question, because as we get older, it also takes longer to recover, so if you add more yardage and more intensity, does that mean you are hurting yourself more because you wear yourself down and risk injury? I know there is this fine line for me when I am working out, that I risk injury. When I say working out, it is not just swimming but a combination of things. In August I experimented and really pushed my threshhold with very good results in my fitness level and weight loss efforts. However, in September, I started to have a little more back issues on the few days I allowed for rest to recover from August's intensity. Does this mean I should have kept up the intensity, nope, because I was really tired from the work I did in August and really needed the rest. It does mean I have to figure out how to protect my weak areas, if I am going to push the envelope again, which I will probably do from time to time.