Hi all,
Between a lengthy bout of bronchitis, job changes and adjusting to new schedules, I haven't swam with any consistency in about a year. I'd like to get back into competition shape -- which entails losing about 15 pounds and gaining back the muscle I lost -- in time for a meet next March or April. Anyone else ever gone through this? How do you work back a schedule of swimming 1-1.5 hours a day and lifting three days a week without doing too much too quickly and burning out or injuring yourself (or giving up because you feel like you're so far away from "good shape"?) Any ideas of what sort of yardage/intervals to start with?
I appreciate the help -- I'm so ready to stop being a couch potato, but I'm not sure where to start.
I DID IT!!!!
I'm happy I went, but already feeling discouraged about how exhausted and sore I am, which is what I was afraid of, that I had lost so much in a year. Will it take me a year to get back to what I was, weight-wise and strength-wise and speed-wise? Or less?
Thank you all, again, for all the support and advice! It's really been helpful!
Think of it this way. If you don't do it at all, or don't try to be consistent you absolutely will not gain back your fitness. Take it one day at a time, get through the soreness, forgive yourself for the days that don't work out, and then get up and do it again tomorrow.
Sorry about the job issues. Having gone through 18 months, of potentially waiting for word of closure, lay-offs, whatever, I have a lot of sympathy.
I DID IT!!!!
I'm happy I went, but already feeling discouraged about how exhausted and sore I am, which is what I was afraid of, that I had lost so much in a year. Will it take me a year to get back to what I was, weight-wise and strength-wise and speed-wise? Or less?
Thank you all, again, for all the support and advice! It's really been helpful!
Think of it this way. If you don't do it at all, or don't try to be consistent you absolutely will not gain back your fitness. Take it one day at a time, get through the soreness, forgive yourself for the days that don't work out, and then get up and do it again tomorrow.
Sorry about the job issues. Having gone through 18 months, of potentially waiting for word of closure, lay-offs, whatever, I have a lot of sympathy.
