I want to work on improving my swimming to hopefully do a triathlon. I am really a lousy swimmer. I'm always the slowest person in the pool. My endurance is fine from running etc., but my strokes/form are terrible.
Everyone says masters swimming programs are the best workouts, but I don't want to go near one because I would lag behind even the oldest, most out of shape members.
What should I do?
I feel like one of the faster people at the pool I usually swim at when I swim alone but when I join the masters group I try to work out with occassionally I am clearly one of the slowest there. No one cares. Everyone does what they can of the workout (I rarely finish the entire thing) without concerning themselves with who is faster or who finished first. We are all there for different reasons and although we swim the same workout and consider ourselves a group, we are still all swimming to meet our individual goals. Relax and don't worry about it, Masters Swimming is fun and a lot of people who are really fast now did not start out that way. Go try a practice and have a good time, I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
I feel like one of the faster people at the pool I usually swim at when I swim alone but when I join the masters group I try to work out with occassionally I am clearly one of the slowest there. No one cares. Everyone does what they can of the workout (I rarely finish the entire thing) without concerning themselves with who is faster or who finished first. We are all there for different reasons and although we swim the same workout and consider ourselves a group, we are still all swimming to meet our individual goals. Relax and don't worry about it, Masters Swimming is fun and a lot of people who are really fast now did not start out that way. Go try a practice and have a good time, I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
