NEW SWIMMER

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I just started swimming to get for my cardio workouts. My ultimate goal is to swim consistantly 3-4 times a week and maybe join the Masters Swim program. I started on 3/26 and I have done about 10 swim workouts with two weight training sessions. I'm a pretty pathetic swimmer. I breathe every stroke on freestyle and my breaststroke is worse than my freestyle. I have never done butterfly. I was actually thinking of taking some swim lessons to help with my strokes because seeing it in books and doing it in the pool seems difficult. I would appreciate any suggestions....training routines, books, videos etc.. I'm slowly trying to incorporate weights which I have always done w/ swimming. I'm 39 and a pretty good athlete. I was thinking to add some distance swims of 1600M in addition to my short intervals...and vary the length of the intervals Here's my log. Please note L is for 50M and S is for 25. The lanes are set up differently depending on the time I workout. My pool got a digital clock on 4/20 so I started timing my workouts. Sorry for the long post but I would appreciate any help. Thanks. DATE 3/26/2007 ACTIVITY SWIM WORKOUT 200 M WARMUP 5 X 50M(S) 50M WARM DOWN TOTAL: 500M DATE 3/28/2007 ACTIVITY SWIM WORKOUT 250M WARMUP 6 X 50M (S) 100M WARM DOWN TOTAL: 650M DATE 3/29/2007 ACTIVITY WEIGHTS WORKOUT LEGS DATE 4/3/2007 ACTIVITY SWIM WORKOUT 300M WARM UP 7 X 50M (S) 100M WARN DOWN TOTAL 750M DATE 4/4/2007 ACTIVITY SWIM WORKOUT 100M WARM UP 8 X 50M (L) 100 M WARM DOWN TOTAL 600M DATE 4/10/2007 ACTIVITY SWIM WORKOUT 450M WARMUP 9 X 50(L) 150M WARMDOWN TOTAL 1050M DATE 4/15/2007 ACTIVITY SWIM WORKOUT 300M WARM UP 8 X 50M -BOARD(L) SHORTS 200M WARMDOWN TOTAL 900M DATE 4/18/2007 ACTIVITY SWIM WORKOUT 300M WARM UP 10 X 50M(S) 100M WARMDOWN TOTAL 900M DATE 4/20/2007 ACTIVITY SWIM WORKOUT 300M WARM UP 10 X 50M(L) W/ 45-55 SEC REST-60,58,58,55,55,51,51,51,50,49 200M WARMDOWN TOTAL 1000M DATE 4/24/2007 ACTIVITY SWIM WORKOUT 375M WARM UP 1 X 50 (S) 33 w/ 2.5 MIN REST 9CLOSE TO ALL OUT) 3 X 50M(S) IN 47,45,43 W/45-50 SEC REST…late had to go home 150M WARM DOWN TOTAL 725M DATE 4/25/2007 ACTIVITY WEIGHTS WORKOUT UPPER BODY MINUS SHOULDERS DATE 4/26/2007 ACTIVITY SWIM WORKOUT 375M WARM UP 4 X 50M 44,42,43,43 W/ 45-50 SEC REST 150M WARMDWON 725M
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    Thanks for the info. I need to do some research. I actually just bought paddles which I may return. I need to research EVF and see if that's the way to go. I found workouts geared toward beginners by Kevin Williams and Rick Bober. They both seem really interested in helping people, I just need to see what's the best for me. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I also need to see if I can fit the Masters Swim program into my work schedule. I may be contacting you Tomtopo. Thanks again.
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  • Former Member
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    Thanks for the info. I need to do some research. I actually just bought paddles which I may return. I need to research EVF and see if that's the way to go. I found workouts geared toward beginners by Kevin Williams and Rick Bober. They both seem really interested in helping people, I just need to see what's the best for me. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I also need to see if I can fit the Masters Swim program into my work schedule. I may be contacting you Tomtopo. Thanks again.
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