I've been swimming since I was little but splashing around in the pool was the extent of it. About 2 years ago I decided to do some "real" swimming. Since then I've been swim for 1/2 hour 3-4 times a week. I took a lesson last year and learnt some drills. I practice them often.
Now I can swim but I'm slow. I can swim 1300 yards in about 1/2 hour. My fastest 50 yards is about 50 seconds. I can sustain 50 yards a minute for about 200 yards. But more alarmingly, I feel I've hit a plateau. I've been at about the same place for the last 3 months. I'd hate to think that this is as far as I'd get.
Suggestions, advice, encouragement or even reality checks are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Thanks for the quick responses. As far as more info:
I'm a 40 year old, 5'8" (and to make matters worse, I have a long torso with shorter arms and legs), 150 lbs male.
I learned to swim at 12. Up until 4 years ago I was able to do about 50 yards before getting thoroughly winded. I also had a gross misconception about what front crawl should look like. I learnt a lot from my daughter's lessons at the Y. The rest of the training came from youtube! 2 years ago I decided to get "serious". I worked on increasing my endurance. Took some trials and errors before I was able to do 1000 yards without stopping. I took a Masters-Beginners lesson at the Y in September of last year.
My short term goal is an olympic tri in May this year. My long term goal is to learn all 4 strokes well (I'm pretty shoddy with my fly) and aspire to do this!!! Perhaps not in this lifetime but I could still aspire, couldn't I?
I'll join the Masters lesson at the Y in March.
I have some equipment. I have zoomers, paddles, kickboard and pull float. A swimmer and an ex-coworker of mine suggested I buy those things. I use them on most of my workouts.
Increasing the time I can spend swimming is not an option at the moment. Between work and 3 kids, my lunch hour is all I get. I'll try to make some time for myself this summer perhaps.
Thanks again for the quick responses.
Thanks for the quick responses. As far as more info:
I'm a 40 year old, 5'8" (and to make matters worse, I have a long torso with shorter arms and legs), 150 lbs male.
I learned to swim at 12. Up until 4 years ago I was able to do about 50 yards before getting thoroughly winded. I also had a gross misconception about what front crawl should look like. I learnt a lot from my daughter's lessons at the Y. The rest of the training came from youtube! 2 years ago I decided to get "serious". I worked on increasing my endurance. Took some trials and errors before I was able to do 1000 yards without stopping. I took a Masters-Beginners lesson at the Y in September of last year.
My short term goal is an olympic tri in May this year. My long term goal is to learn all 4 strokes well (I'm pretty shoddy with my fly) and aspire to do this!!! Perhaps not in this lifetime but I could still aspire, couldn't I?
I'll join the Masters lesson at the Y in March.
I have some equipment. I have zoomers, paddles, kickboard and pull float. A swimmer and an ex-coworker of mine suggested I buy those things. I use them on most of my workouts.
Increasing the time I can spend swimming is not an option at the moment. Between work and 3 kids, my lunch hour is all I get. I'll try to make some time for myself this summer perhaps.
Thanks again for the quick responses.
