Hey everyone! Another great swimming article in the New York Times today with pictures! Would someone please add a link? I don't know how; only get the hardcopy edition.
She is so awesome!!!!!
Gotcha. One could very well fill in with a brisk 20-30 minute walk on the no swim days and be well within the guidelines suggested by the experts.
Anyhow, her results are hard to argue with I would say.
I didn't say unhealthy. I said somewhat. Obviously, its WAY better than being sedentary or chowing down fast food. Especially beneficial if the 3x a week is intense. But for optimal health, I thought studies suggested that we were supposed to exercise with more frequency. Look, 3x a week is fine, but personally I don't find it unduly impressive. But I'm sure some folks would rather do other things with their time.
I think three intense exercise sessions weekly is fine for optimal health, as long as there's some light physical activity every day, like walking.
I hereby officially apologize to SVDL for calling her weight training routine "pathetic"....I was just informed by Ms. V that she did indeed do her "circuit" today and unlike the other 65+ (age) ladies in the gym who were doing squats, dead lifts and clean & jerks (must have read jazz's posts)...she almost broke a sweat.
Geek...bring you $10,000 bike out her to Tempe and we'll take a little "ride" only rule is you can't drop onto your aero bars when sitting at a stop sign....poser!
PS: check the angle on that seat buddy, rumor has it your wifes concerned that your voice is getting a bit higher lately.
PS: check the angle on that seat buddy, rumor has it your wifes concenred that your voice is getting a bit higher lately.
That would mean that my wife actually listens to anything I say.
I hereby officially apologize to SVDL for calling her weight training routine "pathetic"....
That's what I said in my first post. Exceptional results and unexceptional training. She is kewl!! Apparently, Mrs. Geek is too!
I gained 34 lbs with my first pregnancy. I lost 50 lbs swimming twice a week for 60-75 min and not really doing any other type of workout. YES, even swimming only twice/week got me back in semi-decent shape.
Last year, I swam 3x/week for 60-75 min each time. In addition, I did core/rotator work 2-3x/week and taught aqua aerobics for 2 hours per week (taught from the deck... kinda like a low impact workout from my perspective). I did 4 LIFETIME bests that year.
This year, I swam 4x/week, did core/rotator stuff 2x/week and continued to teach the aerobics. Sadly, can't tell you that I set new lifetime bests because I got pregnant and kinda blew my taper (whoops). However, I was doing lifetime in-season bests before getting pregnant.
I do not have a huge youth background to draw upon. I definitely do not have huge raw talent. I'm just pointing out that in my experience it is definitely possible to swim well only training in the pool 3x/week.*** Sounds like SVDL has found a program that works great for her! It was great watching her swim in Austin and I hope she smokes it at Trials! :)
***I 100% agree with (S)he-man's comment about training 3x/week not being good for much more than sprints for most people. One of those lifetime bests last year was indeed in a 200, but only because my 200 free was beyond pathetic and now it has moved to the category of only slightly beyond pathetic.
Susan trains smarter/harder in 3x swim workouts a week than you can imagine.
...low yardage high intensity training is highly effective if your goals are clear. There is no need what so ever as a competitive masters swimmer to train at the volume 95% train at.
It seems that the majority of masters with top ten times do both...whether it be practicing alongside of "the kids"...or focusing on 'all out' one lap sprints. Training with intensity and a purpose appears to be the winning formula.
It's always inspirational to hear about a '40 something' going as fast as they did in their early twenties.
I recognize the name...isn't she the one who swimming world magazine felt wasn't good enough to be in their top 10 womens masters swimmers for 2007?
I'm SO glad I don't have to participate on that panel any more.
Here's the ironic thing: the people who whined endlessly about the "elitist" list are the same folks who threw tantrums when we didn't print All-American rosters in SWIMMER the first year.
Go figure!
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