Help!! I just signed up and now officially a Master Swimmer....Now What??? I really don't know where to start......
I used to swim in High School....a long time ago. I now take my son to swimming and stay and usually read a book when I noticed "older swimmers"......so now instead of reading I want to swim!!
I'll be swimming during open swim (so no coach avail), I'm about 100 pounds overweight......Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do...how I start this??? :confused: I want to start tomorrow, Monday, Jan 4.
Thank you so much!!! :)
Suzie
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Happy New Year from one Suzie to another! :applaud:I think it is absolutely terrific that you've decided to start swimming again! I'm a coachless swimmer, myself, and have found this website to be enormously helpful.
Eventually you'll be able to do workouts like the ones you can find on this website, but for starters, the best thing is to just get in there and swim. I totally agree with Jeff about setting modest goals that revolve around frequency instead of yardage. I would add that besides frequency, you should set goals for how long you will swim. I don't mean continuously, I mean how long you will spend in the water per session. For example, when I first got back into swimming as a grownup, and I had to stop at every end of the pool to rest, my goal was to work out for 20 minutes, at least 4 times/wk. I think what really made me fall in love with swimming is how I could feel myself getting stronger almost every time I swam. It wasn't long before I was only resting every TWO laps, then every four, and so on. I would increase the duration of my workouts by 5 or 10 minutes at a time, until at some point, instead of trying to keep my workouts going for a certain amount of time, I hated when it was time to exit the pool.
At first, right now, since you're just at the beginning, it may be hard to work on improving your stroke, but you'll be able to do that as you build up some strength. You can do this on your own, or you may want to get help (perhaps your son's coach could advise you some). I find that trying to improve my technique has been half the fun of swimming as an adult.
Lap swimming is a great way to lose weight. There are several people at the gym I swim at who've told me their weight loss success stories. One gal I see a lot has lost 40 lbs and is still losing--she tells me that her husband has caught the swimming bug, too, and last I heard had lost over 20 lbs. One guy I know lost 25 lbs last year and has kept it all off and looks great.
I'm glad you're here, and that you have the gumption to start swimming!
Best wishes,
Suzy
Happy New Year from one Suzie to another! :applaud:I think it is absolutely terrific that you've decided to start swimming again! I'm a coachless swimmer, myself, and have found this website to be enormously helpful.
Eventually you'll be able to do workouts like the ones you can find on this website, but for starters, the best thing is to just get in there and swim. I totally agree with Jeff about setting modest goals that revolve around frequency instead of yardage. I would add that besides frequency, you should set goals for how long you will swim. I don't mean continuously, I mean how long you will spend in the water per session. For example, when I first got back into swimming as a grownup, and I had to stop at every end of the pool to rest, my goal was to work out for 20 minutes, at least 4 times/wk. I think what really made me fall in love with swimming is how I could feel myself getting stronger almost every time I swam. It wasn't long before I was only resting every TWO laps, then every four, and so on. I would increase the duration of my workouts by 5 or 10 minutes at a time, until at some point, instead of trying to keep my workouts going for a certain amount of time, I hated when it was time to exit the pool.
At first, right now, since you're just at the beginning, it may be hard to work on improving your stroke, but you'll be able to do that as you build up some strength. You can do this on your own, or you may want to get help (perhaps your son's coach could advise you some). I find that trying to improve my technique has been half the fun of swimming as an adult.
Lap swimming is a great way to lose weight. There are several people at the gym I swim at who've told me their weight loss success stories. One gal I see a lot has lost 40 lbs and is still losing--she tells me that her husband has caught the swimming bug, too, and last I heard had lost over 20 lbs. One guy I know lost 25 lbs last year and has kept it all off and looks great.
I'm glad you're here, and that you have the gumption to start swimming!
Best wishes,
Suzy
