After a 2 1/2 month layoff out of the pool from Feb to mid April with tendonitis in both shoulders Im finally getting back in the groove after a few months back in the water. Shoulders feel great and like new. I was in PT for months and also going to a chiropractor, both worked magic on me.
Im not swimming as intense yet because there is no reason to. I have no plans to compete this summer but come fall I will be ready to go at it. I have been spending time doing more cross training. Running 3 miles a day, pounding the weights instead of the beers when I was out of service, and currently just swimming 4 days a week. The swimming will go to 6 days a week in fall. I am finally at a base pace of 1:10 per hundred. Meaning now I can finally make intervals of 10x100 on 1:10 or 10x200 on 2:20. It's not my ideal base interval but seems like a milestone for me after struggling once I got back in water.
To me its been a long recovery. I put on 20 lbs while not swimming, yikes! Good news thats all gone :-) I'm really looking forward to the fall and competetion again. So any 100 and especially 200 fliers that wanna race, lemme know :-)
greg
After a 2 1/2 month layoff out of the pool from Feb to mid April with tendonitis in both shoulders Im finally getting back in the groove after a few months back in the water. Shoulders feel great and like new. I was in PT for months and also going to a chiropractor, both worked magic on me.
Im not swimming as intense yet because there is no reason to. I have no plans to compete this summer but come fall I will be ready to go at it. I have been spending time doing more cross training. Running 3 miles a day, pounding the weights instead of the beers when I was out of service, and currently just swimming 4 days a week. The swimming will go to 6 days a week in fall. I am finally at a base pace of 1:10 per hundred. Meaning now I can finally make intervals of 10x100 on 1:10 or 10x200 on 2:20. It's not my ideal base interval but seems like a milestone for me after struggling once I got back in water.
To me its been a long recovery. I put on 20 lbs while not swimming, yikes! Good news thats all gone :-) I'm really looking forward to the fall and competetion again. So any 100 and especially 200 fliers that wanna race, lemme know :-)
greg
Congrats on getting back in the pool so successfully. I'm glad the PT and chiro worked! Keep up the exercises!
Cross training is good. I love to run. But it doesn't sounds like your swimming intervals are exactly slacker style. I think you'll bounce right back. But you can keep that 200 fly to yourself!
Kudos! :applaud:
After a 2 1/2 month layoff out of the pool from Feb to mid April with tendonitis in both shoulders Im finally getting back in the groove after a few months back in the water. Shoulders feel great and like new. I was in PT for months and also going to a chiropractor, both worked magic on me.
Im not swimming as intense yet because there is no reason to. I have no plans to compete this summer but come fall I will be ready to go at it. I have been spending time doing more cross training. Running 3 miles a day, pounding the weights instead of the beers when I was out of service, and currently just swimming 4 days a week. The swimming will go to 6 days a week in fall. I am finally at a base pace of 1:10 per hundred. Meaning now I can finally make intervals of 10x100 on 1:10 or 10x200 on 2:20. It's not my ideal base interval but seems like a milestone for me after struggling once I got back in water.
To me its been a long recovery. I put on 20 lbs while not swimming, yikes! Good news thats all gone :-) I'm really looking forward to the fall and competetion again. So any 100 and especially 200 fliers that wanna race, lemme know :-)
greg
Congrats on getting back in the pool so successfully. I'm glad the PT and chiro worked! Keep up the exercises!
Cross training is good. I love to run. But it doesn't sounds like your swimming intervals are exactly slacker style. I think you'll bounce right back. But you can keep that 200 fly to yourself!
Kudos! :applaud:
