As an open water swimmer at heart, I got fed up with pool swimming about a month ago, and switched to almost entirely to cross country skiing 2-3 times/wk, about an hour per ski. I jumped back in the pool this week, and felt like I hadn't missed a beat; perhaps even a little stronger. I haven't had this experience with any other activity; certainly not running or biking. Now what to do about mud season - no snow and icy lakes. Hm.
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I would have a friend or what I called a trainer who would accompany me in a canoe or kyack. I used to pay my trainer 10% of my prize money. After doing this for several swims you could do it without any one counting. If with aboat they gave hand signals - point up to pick up the pace, palm down to slow down and the OKAY signal if you were on pace.
If on shore he had a steel axle from a car, it of coarse being steel he would put it in the water and hit it with a small crowbar, 2 times if I was stroking too slow, once if on pace, 3 times if too fast. The sound travelled very well underwater.
There is nothing better to build cardio then I have said before swim 10 minutes at a good pace. I would do a 24 minute mile pace at 54 strokes a minute. After the 10 min at 54 stroke I used to pick the pace up to 76 strokes a minute for 5 minutes then drop back to 54 strokes a minute and repeat this sequence for one, two or 3 hours.
Geochuck, how does one begin getting such selfawareness of strokes/minute?
I would have a friend or what I called a trainer who would accompany me in a canoe or kyack. I used to pay my trainer 10% of my prize money. After doing this for several swims you could do it without any one counting. If with aboat they gave hand signals - point up to pick up the pace, palm down to slow down and the OKAY signal if you were on pace.
If on shore he had a steel axle from a car, it of coarse being steel he would put it in the water and hit it with a small crowbar, 2 times if I was stroking too slow, once if on pace, 3 times if too fast. The sound travelled very well underwater.
There is nothing better to build cardio then I have said before swim 10 minutes at a good pace. I would do a 24 minute mile pace at 54 strokes a minute. After the 10 min at 54 stroke I used to pick the pace up to 76 strokes a minute for 5 minutes then drop back to 54 strokes a minute and repeat this sequence for one, two or 3 hours.
Geochuck, how does one begin getting such selfawareness of strokes/minute?
