How not to get bored swimming lap after lap without stop?
Former Member
Some of you swim like 3km or 10km without stop. It's good feat, but even when I swim for 200m I get bored, so I wonder how come you don't get bored immersing yourself underwater doing the same basic thing repeatedly for an hour or more? If I walk long distance I can still have views to look, but swimming in a 25m pool??
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Former Member
Try splitting the total distance in intervals. For example 100m free with & without fins, 100 m kicking on your back and all sorts of variations. Add breastroke so you can emphasize your legs. Working with all four strokes will help you improve on your balance and propulsion. Additionally a lap counter (such as http://www.sportcount.com/) works wonders since the counter keep track of the total amount of laps while you worry about the laps for each interval. Also add paddles to your training as well as short and long blade fins. I typically cover between 1500 m to 4000 m a day on a SCM pool. As a last suggestion check out some DVD about swimming technique.
Try splitting the total distance in intervals. For example 100m free with & without fins, 100 m kicking on your back and all sorts of variations. Add breastroke so you can emphasize your legs. Working with all four strokes will help you improve on your balance and propulsion. Additionally a lap counter (such as http://www.sportcount.com/) works wonders since the counter keep track of the total amount of laps while you worry about the laps for each interval. Also add paddles to your training as well as short and long blade fins. I typically cover between 1500 m to 4000 m a day on a SCM pool. As a last suggestion check out some DVD about swimming technique.
