Hey gang, we leave Tuesday for 18 days to "work" on a couple of back-to-back Alaskan cruises (I teach adult arts & crafts classes aboard ship.). When I was training for Nationals, I was SURE that by the time I finished Nationals, I would want to take those 18 days off from swimming to rest my shoulders and just do dryland work. But, after many bad nights of sleep in a row (heat intolerance issues at Nationals), I did a crash and burn last night (thanks to 2 Tylenol PM), and had an awesome workout at the pool. I had forgotten, after 31 years, how GOOD it felt to do a hard post-taper swim! :bliss:I feel great and started mourning the loss of pool access during my travels, until I remembered the ship's tiny indoor pool! :D I obviously won't be able to "swim", but I CAN do drills... I'm thinking the feet first scull, kicking with my hands up against the wall, egg beater kick, and, ??? For various reasons, I won't be purchasing and bringing a tether or any other eqt. besides my suit and goggles. So, if you can recommend drills based on the size of the pool, I would greatly appreciate it. Below is a photo I shot of the pool last year, while working aboard ship.
Thanks! And, happy travels to any of you who have summer travel plans, as well. :)
P.S. I don't have a laptop (or fancy phone), so I'll be off the forums during my travels- unless I pop into an internet cafe. I'll miss you guys!
when I went to India for work, usually 3 weeks at a time, I took a swim belt with me, roughly 5m long, and did resistence swimming.
in the picture it looked like there were several things you could tie up to and swim in place.
maybe 5m is too long, but you could always tie it off shorter.
try interval training 30 sec on 10sec rest or 1:00 on 10 rest.
when I went to India for work, usually 3 weeks at a time, I took a swim belt with me, roughly 5m long, and did resistence swimming.
in the picture it looked like there were several things you could tie up to and swim in place.
maybe 5m is too long, but you could always tie it off shorter.
try interval training 30 sec on 10sec rest or 1:00 on 10 rest.
