I'm a newer Older swimmer, age 66, my 25 meter time if I go hard is 45 seconds.
The Pull Buoy is my best friend and knocks 12 seconds off my 25 meter time, that more then 25% faster.
I have read all the articles on hips drop, which mine do, but would appreciate any drills, suggestions or other choice comments.
Bob:fish2:
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Hi Bob,
It's awesome that you're swimming.
What helps a lot with swimming, is ensuring you have a good range of motion. I've noticed quite a few older swimmers that don't try to stay limber. This is not good because swimming really gets easier if you're very limber. Try doing 30 min of stretching, in addition to the swimming. It'll make a huge difference in your times if you are currently not very flexible. After a week or two, the stretching actually feels good.
One final bit of advice...improvements in swimming speed, flexibility, etc. are not observable on a short time scale. This causes some people to give up. But if you keep up with it, over a period of several months you WILL see improvements.
Hi Bob,
It's awesome that you're swimming.
What helps a lot with swimming, is ensuring you have a good range of motion. I've noticed quite a few older swimmers that don't try to stay limber. This is not good because swimming really gets easier if you're very limber. Try doing 30 min of stretching, in addition to the swimming. It'll make a huge difference in your times if you are currently not very flexible. After a week or two, the stretching actually feels good.
One final bit of advice...improvements in swimming speed, flexibility, etc. are not observable on a short time scale. This causes some people to give up. But if you keep up with it, over a period of several months you WILL see improvements.
