Paul's swimming blog

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Former Member — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:19:39 GMT

Since it too is a short axis stroke, it sucks. I've seen your stroke so I understand...but I meant pain-wise!

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Former Member — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:10:22 GMT

George, My issue is low back tightness that is causing muscle cramping in my low back and legs when I do short axis strokes and not being afraid of swimming the 100 Fly. Paul, how is your BR feeling when you swim?

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Former Member — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:49:22 GMT

100 fly can be a very pleasant event. I found that if you are doing the correct arm motion the legs will do what they are suppossed to do. Just think two kicks from the shoulders and be flexible. I think most of the people here do not enjoy swimming a 100 fly and think it is all to do with the legs. Think clean entry clean exit of you arms, don't let the legs clear the water make sure they stay in the water.

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pwolf66 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:24:39 GMT

Paul, how is your BR feeling when you swim? Since it too is a short axis stroke, it sucks.

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pwolf66 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:07:35 GMT

George, My issue is low back tightness that is causing muscle cramping in my low back and legs when I do short axis strokes and not being afraid of swimming the 100 Fly.

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pwolf66 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:06:02 GMT

If the prospect of the 100 fly is causing you mental angst, forget it. It's not worth dreading an event or dreading a meet. You can swim the 50s and the 100 free without much base. But the 100 fly would be sure death without any training, at least IMHO. There's plenty of meets to swim it at. I want to swim it but I also don't want to fight being on the edge of low back and leg cramps while doing it. And if I can't do repeats of 25 fly then I'm pretty sure 100 Fly is out. Yesterday morning was more of the same, short axis wasn't working. This is not fun.

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The Fortress — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:30:58 GMT

I plan on swimming tomorrow and Tuesday evening so that will be my barometer on if I will swim the 1Fly on the 27th. Right now, I'm leaning towards not but will see how it goes. If the prospect of the 100 fly is causing you mental angst, forget it. It's not worth dreading an event or dreading a meet. You can swim the 50s and the 100 free without much base. But the 100 fly would be sure death without any training, at least IMHO. There's plenty of meets to swim it at.

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Former Member — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:37:38 GMT

Glad to hear you made it back to the pool, Paul. Are you still planning to swim the 100 fly at the upcoming meet?

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swimshark — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:11:52 GMT

Great job, Paul!

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pwolf66 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:34:41 GMT

Robin, I plan on swimming tomorrow and Tuesday evening so that will be my barometer on if I will swim the 1Fly on the 27th. Right now, I'm leaning towards not but will see how it goes.

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pwolf66 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:09:03 GMT

Thanks, Actually made it to the pool for practice today and I was feeling it. 14 Sep 2008 SCM with team 300 swim, 100 drill, 50 moderate, 100 kick, 150 pull 4x50 Fly on 1:00 - drill down, swim back - low back was bothering me on this. I have finally clued into the fact that I osciilate my shoulders too high and too low so that is contributing to the low back stress. 3x200 Free on 3:30 50 EZ 3x100 IM on 1:45 - tried to do fly, couldn't, did back instead but on the second rep, back wasn't happy with *** either, did the last one back-back-back-free R 1:00 3x100 Free on 1:40 4x50 Choice on 1:00 - drill down, swim back - did backstroke 4x75 Free descend on 1:30 - really tried to nail this set, 1:01, :58, :56, :50 50 EZ Have to smooth out my fly or my back is just gonna kill me. Really worried about my 100y Fly in 2 weeks. If it is still a problem after Tuesday, I think I will have to try and change events.

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poolraat — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:38:14 GMT

Good Job Paul. :bliss: That's a tough age group you're in so be proud of your accomplishment. Now if you could just get out of :bed: and make it to practice you might get the top 10.

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tjrpatt — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:00:33 GMT

Woohooo!!! Getting closer to a top 10!!!! Got what are hopefully 2 top20s and top 50 in everything else. LCM (odds are pretty good it will hold up as LCM season is pretty much over) 50 Free 18 Wolf, Paul R42 26.52 GERM 20080823CZONEL 100 Free 19 Wolf, Paul R42 59.58 GERM 20080823CZONEL 50 back 22 Wolf, Paul R42 33.91 GERM 20080814LCNATSL 100 back 24 Wolf, Paul R42 1:14.35 GERM 20080814LCNATSL 50 *** 32 Wolf, Paul R42 37.05 GERM 20080823CZONEL 50 Fly 27 Wolf, Paul R42 29.32 GERM 20080814LCNATSL Good job with your rankings. That is really good because your age group is probably the fastest male age group overall. 35-39 and 45-49 are right up there too.

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pwolf66 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:52:51 GMT

12 Sep 2008 6pm Yoga Tonight was the longest 90 minutes I have experienced in the last year. The heat was just beating down on me and it was all I could do to not have a panic attack. Got thru it but whew. This was the roughest class yet.

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pwolf66 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:41:22 GMT

Am I destined to not swim in the mornings? I got all my stuff together by the front door, I set my alarm for 5:45. But apparently I slept thru getting up, turning the alarm off and going to the bathroom because the first thing I knew it was 7:45. I had thought that I had not set my alarm until Mel said that it did go off. WTH?

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Former Member — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:22:48 GMT

Ha........bloody.........ha........ :mooning: Just trying to get you amped before you lie back down and sleep.

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Former Member — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:09:46 GMT

Woohooo!!! Getting closer to a top 10!!!! Got what are hopefully 2 top20s and top 50 in everything else. LCM (odds are pretty good it will hold up as LCM season is pretty much over) 50 Free 18 Wolf, Paul R42 26.52 GERM 20080823CZONEL 100 Free 19 Wolf, Paul R42 59.58 GERM 20080823CZONEL 50 back 22 Wolf, Paul R42 33.91 GERM 20080814LCNATSL 100 back 24 Wolf, Paul R42 1:14.35 GERM 20080814LCNATSL 50 *** 32 Wolf, Paul R42 37.05 GERM 20080823CZONEL 50 Fly 27 Wolf, Paul R42 29.32 GERM 20080814LCNATSL WTG Hulk. Print this out and pin it in the back of your locker; next to the alarm clock; over the toilet; everywhere you will need to see it in order to motivate yourself and get out of the house!

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swimshark — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:48:16 GMT

Sorry to hear about Mel. I hope she is feeling better now.

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Former Member — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:21:39 GMT

Am I destined to swim in the mornings? Nope. :bed:

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pwolf66 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:20:47 GMT

Ha........bloody.........ha........ :mooning:

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pwolf66 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:39:30 GMT

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pwolf66 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:23:37 GMT

I was going to swim Tuesday but instead got to go the ER as Mel had a health scare that luckily turned out to just be a drug reaction. So there was a plan but RL happened.

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The Fortress — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:10:38 GMT

Get to the pool or it will be "Big Tree Fall Hard" in the 100 fly at the Shootout! Is it at all possible to swim at night somewhere or are the noodlers too invasive?

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pwolf66 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:42:04 GMT

10 Sept 08 Been really struggling to get up in the morning, hence I have not been in the pool since Sunday. Yoga - 90 minutes. Yoga after work is a completely different experience than yoga first thing in the morning. I really struggled to control my breathing. I did make it 2 poses later before I had to sit so I guess that's a good thing. Felt good after class. Not sure if things are getting easier or not but will keep at it.

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Former Member — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:02:20 GMT

Thanks Swimmy. The massage helped. 7 Sep 08 Bikram Yoga for 90 minutes. Body was still feeling the massage but I got thru the entire class. Sweated buckets. Need to get to class at least twice this week, hopefully three times. Paul- I used to do Bikram until I had a back injury. When I tried to get back into it, I noticed that it really irritated my lower back. Since stopping Bikram, I've had little or no back problems. Other forms of yoga do not seem to bother me. Just wondering if you've noticed more issues with your back since staring Bikram?? Dana