How many of you masters swimmers or triatheletes swim more than once a day? I tried it a couple weeks ago and it took the wind out of my sails for about 24 hours. Maybe this is something best left to the youngsters.
Dominick,
I really have to push myself hard in practice to get the weightloss where I want. You see I LOVE FOOD! Me and ice cream and pasteries and chocolate, like eachother so much. If you look at what I eat you would have to wonder why I can lose weight at all.
Today my morning swim was 5x500 @ 8:00 with paddles, my last one was in a best time for me of 6:40. My afternoon swim was alot of sprints at race pace like 8x50 @ 1:30 fast, followed by 8x50 @ :45 survival, then 8x50 @ 1:15 every other fast. We also did a 200 for time and I was 4 seconds off my best time from a push.
My coach believes in lots of paddle work and he has corrected my stroke so my shoulders don't hurt. I now use more of my back muscles when swimming. He has also corrected my Fly thru the use of paddles.
The other thing that is really helping is my coach forces me to kick. I was a horrible kicker but am getting better. I can now do a 25 in :22. When I started they were in :35. I am still building up to the 50's which are right around 1:05 for me.
Todays total yardage was 7700 which is normal range for me.
As for the diet portion: In the morning before practice I might have a Boost Chocolate Shake or a pastery of some sort. After practice is protein shake time. At 9:30 or 10am its time for cheese and crackers. Lunch is a free for all at some restraunt. Every afternoon at 2:30pm is Chocolate time. In the evening after practice I might have some ice cream after a small dinner or sometimes I do skip dinner if I am not hungery. The key to keeping your metabolism up is to eat 6 meals a day and work out hard. That is the key.
If I swim slow and easy most of the workout I don't tend to loose weight.
Dominick,
I really have to push myself hard in practice to get the weightloss where I want. You see I LOVE FOOD! Me and ice cream and pasteries and chocolate, like eachother so much. If you look at what I eat you would have to wonder why I can lose weight at all.
Today my morning swim was 5x500 @ 8:00 with paddles, my last one was in a best time for me of 6:40. My afternoon swim was alot of sprints at race pace like 8x50 @ 1:30 fast, followed by 8x50 @ :45 survival, then 8x50 @ 1:15 every other fast. We also did a 200 for time and I was 4 seconds off my best time from a push.
My coach believes in lots of paddle work and he has corrected my stroke so my shoulders don't hurt. I now use more of my back muscles when swimming. He has also corrected my Fly thru the use of paddles.
The other thing that is really helping is my coach forces me to kick. I was a horrible kicker but am getting better. I can now do a 25 in :22. When I started they were in :35. I am still building up to the 50's which are right around 1:05 for me.
Todays total yardage was 7700 which is normal range for me.
As for the diet portion: In the morning before practice I might have a Boost Chocolate Shake or a pastery of some sort. After practice is protein shake time. At 9:30 or 10am its time for cheese and crackers. Lunch is a free for all at some restraunt. Every afternoon at 2:30pm is Chocolate time. In the evening after practice I might have some ice cream after a small dinner or sometimes I do skip dinner if I am not hungery. The key to keeping your metabolism up is to eat 6 meals a day and work out hard. That is the key.
If I swim slow and easy most of the workout I don't tend to loose weight.
