Hey, solo swimmers! :wave: Welcome to the thread for all of us who train solo. Whether you train on your own due to a lack of a Masters team in your area (or for any other reason), this is our virtual locker room. Please post training tips that you think would be helpful, or anything else you would like to share with the rest of us. Have a rant? Go ahead and vent here! :rantonoff:
I'll start with a tip:
The most frustrating thing for me training solo is not having a coach on deck to evaluate my stroke and keep me on track, so I bought a waterproof camera and enlisted the help of my husband to periodically shoot video of all four strokes. Shooting underwater video became a knee/back buster, so I bought a camera mount and attached it to PVC pipe, so my husband could stand up straight to shoot underwater video. The camera gets dunked underwater, and he twists the pipe to pan the camera as I swim by.
Today, I bought a 2-pack of 12-inch "Gear Tie" reusable rubber twist ties (available at Home Depot), so I can tie the PVC pipe to the pool ladder (located in the corner of the pool) and shoot video myself. (If I angle the camera just right and keep it on wide angle, I can video me coming and going.)
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After each video session, I upload the videos to my desktop computer and compare my stroke to my favorite Go Swim stroke videos to see what I'm doing well (or not). I also post them on the Forums for feedback.
Ok, solo swimmers, what's your tip?
No. I have a spreadsheet of my own design. My log books precede availability of home computers and networks by a couple decades. I originally kept the sheets in binders. A few years ago, I used the Log-a-run website because a group I belonged to was doing it as a motivator. I was sort-of the king of the pushups list, doing upwards of 4000 per month. The year I turned 65 I managed to do 500 pushups, run a half-marathon and swim 1 mile. Not all at once mind you. The group was cardiac athletes, all of whom have had a heart procedure at some point. I have an artificial aortic valve.
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That's A LOT of pushups, Sumo! :applaud: Hey, whatever works for you for logging your workouts; keep on doin' it! I'm the same way with keeping a budget. All through college and until home computers, I kept it on notebook paper with columns drawn in. I finally progressed to using an Excel spreadsheet- whoa, high-tech! That's as far as I got, and I still just use Excel rather than a fancier program!
No. I have a spreadsheet of my own design. My log books precede availability of home computers and networks by a couple decades. I originally kept the sheets in binders. A few years ago, I used the Log-a-run website because a group I belonged to was doing it as a motivator. I was sort-of the king of the pushups list, doing upwards of 4000 per month. The year I turned 65 I managed to do 500 pushups, run a half-marathon and swim 1 mile. Not all at once mind you. The group was cardiac athletes, all of whom have had a heart procedure at some point. I have an artificial aortic valve.
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That's A LOT of pushups, Sumo! :applaud: Hey, whatever works for you for logging your workouts; keep on doin' it! I'm the same way with keeping a budget. All through college and until home computers, I kept it on notebook paper with columns drawn in. I finally progressed to using an Excel spreadsheet- whoa, high-tech! That's as far as I got, and I still just use Excel rather than a fancier program!
