Swimming "compromised"

I agree with Allen and you Dorothy. If it's in your chest...it's better to rest. It's loosening so hopefully thursday at latest and I can get back in the pool. I don't want pneumonia.

Great question. For me, it takes a little over a week. For some reason, the first week back is a struggle against the demons that got me out of my practice rythm in the first place. Since I swim alone about half the time, that makes the demon voices even louder! The way I have been coughing I am frightened to swim.. I doubt I could breathe properly...:(

The way I have been coughing I am frightened to swim.. I doubt I could breathe properly...:( Hope you feel better soon - I had a whopper of a cough just after Thanksgiving. I felt like it would never go away, but it did . . . in the meantime, you could try backstroke. ;) I started as a backstroker because I didn't like to put my face in the water (we need a blushing/embarassed smiley).

Hope you feel better soon - I had a whopper of a cough just after Thanksgiving. I felt like it would never go away, but it did . . . in the meantime, you could try backstroke. ;) I started as a backstroker because I didn't like to put my face in the water (we need a blushing/embarassed smiley). It only just started today. I'll see how my pipes are tomorrow. Right now my chest is just really tight. Hehe I had a dog that hated water. He'd hop over puddles to keep his paws dry. By that, I mean it's a perfectly natural thing to not like to immerse your face in water.

Hope you feel better soon - I had a whopper of a cough just after Thanksgiving. I felt like it would never go away, but it did . . . in the meantime, you could try backstroke. ;) I started as a backstroker because I didn't like to put my face in the water (we need a blushing/embarassed smiley). Good idea, Wren. I did a lot of backstroke and dolphin kicking on my back yesterday so I could breathe with my never-ending sinus infection. Lots of recovery, technique oriented stuff. About 3500. Then I had to get up very early to take children to early am swim practice and I feel wretched again. I'm blaming it on lack of sleep because "swimming is eating its parents." I may go sit in the steamroom or sauna with Rich ... or take a nap before I'm on mommy duty again. Dorothy: How have you avoided illness for 3 years?!?! With kids, I feel like germs are omnipresent, just waiting to attack my poor compromised respiratory system. If I feel better, maybe I'll have a little recovery swim tonight. Or not. At this rate, I may not be in shape again for awhile. So much for engine building.

This has been very helpful to me. I have a twice a year thing that has never been contagious (my kids and wife and close friends never get it, but it really stuffs the lungs for about a week) but always saps me pretty bad in the pool. Usually I drink more fluids, get regular sleep intervals and things come around okay within a week or so. I have also found that I need to ease up alot on the swimming, as has been mentioned already. Thanks for the good advice/discussion.

Good idea, Wren. I did a lot of backstroke and dolphin kicking on my back yesterday so I could breathe with my never-ending sinus infection. Lots of recovery, technique oriented stuff. About 3500. Then I had to get up very early to take children to early am swim practice and I feel wretched again. I'm blaming it on lack of sleep because "swimming is eating its parents." I may go sit in the steamroom or sauna with Rich ... or take a nap before I'm on mommy duty again. Dorothy: How have you avoided illness for 3 years?!?! With kids, I feel like germs are omnipresent, just waiting to attack my poor compromised respiratory system. If I feel better, maybe I'll have a little recovery swim tonight. Or not. At this rate, I may not be in shape again for awhile. So much for engine building. Actually, I was thinking about it, and it was 2003 I had pneumonia, and then 2004 I got this really wicked stomach thing, and I have not had a sniffle since then. I do take Airborne if I feel a tickle. My daughter seems to have a cold constantly in the winter, but I never catch them anymore. I used to be like her and get one cold after another. Don't know why I have been healthy, so I have probably jinxed myself and come down with something really wicked!

Well I am feeling 80% recovered in my chest, and I am going to do a nice half workout today. Maybe half a mile of working on streamline, turns and push offs. I may try some breathing drill..but it may be harder as I stll have a little congestion. Then I'll have 10 mins in the sauna and a hot shower.