It's not going to be as interesting as Ande's but I realized when I was powerlifting 10 years ago that this is the best way for me to track and evaluate my progress so here it is.
That's virtually all I do ... :lmao: Can't work on starts that way though. :(
Well, whenever I try to swim during lap swim, there's always at least 2 people in each lap lane. Not only that but I rarely see somoene is the proper speed lanes even though there are big ASS boards on each end of the lanes that say Slow, Medium, Fast on them.
Then there's the issue of a) trying to ask them if you can join them, then b) trying to communicate how to swim in the lane (i.e split or circle) or god forbid c) passing them at least 4 TIMES while doing a 200 warmup.
I have about given up swimming during lap swim. I only seem to be able to do moderate free or back, god forbid trying to do a sprint Fly set. And whenever I try to do a timed set, it seems that the other folks arrive at the turn right before I'm supposed to push off. Karma I guess. Not to say that I am such an elite swimmer but it seems that there aren't too many folks (i.e I have never seen one while I have been swimming) who do more than go up and down the pool. Again, not that there's a problem with that, for them, but for me, that is just not very fufilling.
Fortress: As I said to you a couple of weeks ago in a private message, I admire and envy your drive and dedication to put in the work that you do, but I tried to swim today during lap swim and have decided that unless I KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that I can get my own lane, trying to get a workout in outside of team time is just not happening.
Sorry, I will now go sit in my corner and chew on my raw meat.
Paul
That's virtually all I do ... :lmao: Can't work on starts that way though. :(
Well, whenever I try to swim during lap swim, there's always at least 2 people in each lap lane. Not only that but I rarely see somoene is the proper speed lanes even though there are big ASS boards on each end of the lanes that say Slow, Medium, Fast on them.
Then there's the issue of a) trying to ask them if you can join them, then b) trying to communicate how to swim in the lane (i.e split or circle) or god forbid c) passing them at least 4 TIMES while doing a 200 warmup.
I have about given up swimming during lap swim. I only seem to be able to do moderate free or back, god forbid trying to do a sprint Fly set. And whenever I try to do a timed set, it seems that the other folks arrive at the turn right before I'm supposed to push off. Karma I guess. Not to say that I am such an elite swimmer but it seems that there aren't too many folks (i.e I have never seen one while I have been swimming) who do more than go up and down the pool. Again, not that there's a problem with that, for them, but for me, that is just not very fufilling.
Fortress: As I said to you a couple of weeks ago in a private message, I admire and envy your drive and dedication to put in the work that you do, but I tried to swim today during lap swim and have decided that unless I KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that I can get my own lane, trying to get a workout in outside of team time is just not happening.
Sorry, I will now go sit in my corner and chew on my raw meat.
Paul
