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.
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.