I am moving to a new town for school where swimming is not offered at the school and I need people to swim with other wise my workouts become bland and stale. I was wondering what are the parameters to joining a masters group. I have have only been "swimming" 5 days a week for 8 months. I can do a 50yd in 32 sec and a hundred in 1:15, not fast but I work hard. I think it would be extremely beneficial to my swimming and I could meet people who do the same thing I love to do.
When you guys list your 50 times, are you talking about off a dive or from a standstill? I'm 40 years-old and just started trying to swim seriously 2 months ago (up until then I was an infrequent casual swimmer and slowest swimmer in the world titleholder). I have been watching a lot of youtube video, lol. I haven't really had the opportunity to test the 50y long course freestyle yet, so my sprint times are all 25y from a standstill. My best time was 13 seconds.
I'm not sure how I would do in a 50, haven't tried it yet. I find that I am still paying so much attention to stroke form that just the concentration it requires wears me out. I'll forget to exhale because of trying to stay streamlined and high-elbowed. Is it a good idea to throw in the occassional sprints at this point in my development, or wait until the stroke is 2nd nature?
When you guys list your 50 times, are you talking about off a dive or from a standstill? I'm 40 years-old and just started trying to swim seriously 2 months ago (up until then I was an infrequent casual swimmer and slowest swimmer in the world titleholder). I have been watching a lot of youtube video, lol. I haven't really had the opportunity to test the 50y long course freestyle yet, so my sprint times are all 25y from a standstill. My best time was 13 seconds.
I'm not sure how I would do in a 50, haven't tried it yet. I find that I am still paying so much attention to stroke form that just the concentration it requires wears me out. I'll forget to exhale because of trying to stay streamlined and high-elbowed. Is it a good idea to throw in the occassional sprints at this point in my development, or wait until the stroke is 2nd nature?
