Does anyone have any experience with doing workouts in OW that aren't oriented toward distance freestyle?
I've got the ocean out my front door, and the water is warm enough July and August which happen to be the months my club is shut down for the summer, and the pool is a 45min drive away and closed on weekends so it seems to make sense, but I'm not that into distance free every swim, but I'm a little lost with no set distances or pace clocks...
Also, does anyone else's neck seem to get stiff and sore from OW swimming? Is that from exagerated movements to ensure I get air instead of a wave when I breath? Or perhaps holding my head higher than normal in hopes of spotting the jellyfish? Or some other stroke flaw? Anything I can do out of the water to reduce the problem?
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Thanks guys! I think I will pass on swimming with sneakers on and there aren't any buoys near the house but the public beach down the shore has a buoyed off area and I will measure the distances between buoys.
I have measured the distances between various landmarks along the shore near the house so I can do some mid distance sets. I may also set up my own buoys.
The stroke count idea is a really good one that I should have thought of! I do a lot of one arm/full stroke combo fly sets in the pool so it shouldn't be hard to adapt.
I'm in Montreal this week and swam in a 50m pool one night, my usual fly set was a lot harder in 50m increments instead of 25m increments even after halving the repetitions!
Thanks again guys!
Thanks guys! I think I will pass on swimming with sneakers on and there aren't any buoys near the house but the public beach down the shore has a buoyed off area and I will measure the distances between buoys.
I have measured the distances between various landmarks along the shore near the house so I can do some mid distance sets. I may also set up my own buoys.
The stroke count idea is a really good one that I should have thought of! I do a lot of one arm/full stroke combo fly sets in the pool so it shouldn't be hard to adapt.
I'm in Montreal this week and swam in a 50m pool one night, my usual fly set was a lot harder in 50m increments instead of 25m increments even after halving the repetitions!
Thanks again guys!
