Some beginner questions: What kind of cross-training do you do? 2. How to find goggle
Former Member
s that actually work and do not leave deep rings around the eyes?
My training goes like this at this point:
Mon: run 1 or 2 miles on treadmill
swim 1 hour w/coach
Tues: longer run or other aerobic exercise for about an hour
weight training for about an hour
Wed: same as Monday
Thurs:
same as Tuesday
Friday:
run for an hour
swim (no coach and much less disciplined) about 45 minutes
Sat:
core work for an hour (Pilates)
Sun:
often no time to workout at all, sometimes an hour run or aerobics class
Thanks for your thoughts!
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Former Member
Bubba - thanks for your nice reply. I did demure on the meet. I really did not feel ready - though a part of me thought: hmmm, this fellow has been coaching swimming for 52 years (yes, you read right) so if he thinks I'm ready, what do I know? But really, it has taken me quite a while to be comfortable and not tense in the pool. I learned to swim in open water - ponds, lakes, Long Island Sound. The whole process of getting accustomed to swimming in a pool looking down at the black line involved getting past a lingering claustrophobic feeling.
Feel pretty good about my accomplishments so far: actual flip turns with some regularity, will swim a 100 without stopping, and today swam a mile :-) And like the lady you described, I got into this in part because my swim team kids are a good influence on Mom.
Bubba - thanks for your nice reply. I did demure on the meet. I really did not feel ready - though a part of me thought: hmmm, this fellow has been coaching swimming for 52 years (yes, you read right) so if he thinks I'm ready, what do I know? But really, it has taken me quite a while to be comfortable and not tense in the pool. I learned to swim in open water - ponds, lakes, Long Island Sound. The whole process of getting accustomed to swimming in a pool looking down at the black line involved getting past a lingering claustrophobic feeling.
Feel pretty good about my accomplishments so far: actual flip turns with some regularity, will swim a 100 without stopping, and today swam a mile :-) And like the lady you described, I got into this in part because my swim team kids are a good influence on Mom.
