Keeping track of my training and Masters comeback after an 18-year layoff. I'll be posting daily workouts and, when time permits, I'll fill in the details of my background.
Why come back after 18 years? Who knows really. Here are a few possibilities:
1. A good way to channel my mid-life crisis energy.
2. I can swim a 50 breaststroke.
3. I can swim a 50 fly.
4. I wasn't doing anything useful at 5:00AM anyway.
5. Brown hair is over -rated.
6. Grey hair is inevitable.
7. I don't have to wear a "speedo".
8. That SDK thing looks like cheating to me.
9. Cheating should make it easier to go fast.
10. To find out how much I've lost.
Anyone else out there making a comeback?
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September 4, 2008
Slept in today after staying up late to watch the convention over a glass (or two) of wine. Needed the break anyway. Since I didn't start blogging when I started swimming, I've summarized my workouts below. Until now, I've focused on plenty of drills and a real emphasis on technique. I have trained alone for the most part. I'm still looking for a place to swim that has a deck coach that can critique my technique and instruct me on the finer points of all the changes that have occured in the last 18 years. Anyway, here it is since I started on July 24th:
See attachment
In addition to this, I lift 3 times per week. My wieght workout consists of at least two exercises for each muscle group, including legs. I can blast through 3 sets of 20 with little or no rest between sets in just over an hour. This has been a great injury prevention regimen for me. The exercises I do are:
Chest:
Cable flys
Flat bench
Incline bench
Back:
Upright cable rows
Lat pulldowns
Shoulders:
Upright Military press
Incline military press
shoulder flys
Legs:
Press
Extensions
Curls
Adductor
Abductor
Biceps:
Narrow barbell curls
Wide dumbell curls
Triceps
Dips
Extensions
Overhead extension (not sure what this is called)
Finally, I have a killer ab routine that I need to do more often. I probably do this 3 times per week (should be 5)
100 feet flat on floor
100 crunches legs raised
100 crunches legs extended and flat
200 crossover (100 each side)
200 legs to the side "
200 laying on side "
100 lifts
September 4, 2008
Slept in today after staying up late to watch the convention over a glass (or two) of wine. Needed the break anyway. Since I didn't start blogging when I started swimming, I've summarized my workouts below. Until now, I've focused on plenty of drills and a real emphasis on technique. I have trained alone for the most part. I'm still looking for a place to swim that has a deck coach that can critique my technique and instruct me on the finer points of all the changes that have occured in the last 18 years. Anyway, here it is since I started on July 24th:
See attachment
In addition to this, I lift 3 times per week. My wieght workout consists of at least two exercises for each muscle group, including legs. I can blast through 3 sets of 20 with little or no rest between sets in just over an hour. This has been a great injury prevention regimen for me. The exercises I do are:
Chest:
Cable flys
Flat bench
Incline bench
Back:
Upright cable rows
Lat pulldowns
Shoulders:
Upright Military press
Incline military press
shoulder flys
Legs:
Press
Extensions
Curls
Adductor
Abductor
Biceps:
Narrow barbell curls
Wide dumbell curls
Triceps
Dips
Extensions
Overhead extension (not sure what this is called)
Finally, I have a killer ab routine that I need to do more often. I probably do this 3 times per week (should be 5)
100 feet flat on floor
100 crunches legs raised
100 crunches legs extended and flat
200 crossover (100 each side)
200 legs to the side "
200 laying on side "
100 lifts
