Hi everyone,
I'm looking for ideas for near/medium/long term goals to set for myself.
I'm 28 and got back into swimming about 5 months ago. Previously I swam for a club team when I was 12. I swim by myself and get in to the pool 4x a week and run 2-3x a week (on off days). A typical workout for me is 3x500 freestyle and then a couple hundred in kicking.
I would like to get a lot faster and swim a lot farther. Swimming as fast as I can, I manage a 34 second 50. I swim a 500 in ~11 min. I can breathe bilaterally and do flip turns in my freestyle sets (it took me a few months to get those into my workouts because I didn't have the cardiovascular system to handle both for a long time).
What are some milestones that you've set for yourself? What skills/times should a beginner be able to accomplish? How about an intermediate swimmer?
Thanks,
Nick
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Break 30 seconds in the 50, and one minute in the 100 (Yards) Pick your stroke.
Just so you don't get disheartened, I've been at this Masters swimming lark for 10+ years on & off, have never gone under 1 minute for 100 yards free, and went sub 30 yesterday on a 50 for the very 1st time!
Lots of good advice here though, keep swimming, keep enjoying it :)
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Break 30 seconds in the 50, and one minute in the 100 (Yards) Pick your stroke.
Just so you don't get disheartened, I've been at this Masters swimming lark for 10+ years on & off, have never gone under 1 minute for 100 yards free, and went sub 30 yesterday on a 50 for the very 1st time!
Lots of good advice here though, keep swimming, keep enjoying it :)
