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?
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Well, I feel like a train hit me. On Monday I swam only 700 yards but did a lot of speed work. I cut down on the yardage and did a minute to 1 minute rest by going all out on each of the strokes. I did 20 seconds freestyle after swimming a slow first 25 free. 27 or 28 second backstroke after swimming a slow 25 yard backstroke A 23 second breaststroke after swimming a slow 25 yard breaststroke. A 24 second butterfly after swimming a slow 25 yard butterfly. I did 8 25 but 4 at race speed. I did a broken 200 Im on 2 minute at 1:01 Fly, 1:09 backstoke and 58 second breaststroke and 53 second frestyle.. A 2:09 first fly and back and a 1:51 or 1:52 *** and free. The rest was just kicking of the different storkes. It is still effecting me. Plus, I did some sprinting on other days at my mother's apartment pool distance of 10 yards to 13 yard sprints of the stokes. I did feel like I was hit by a train even if the yardage for the week was only about 3,500 yards.. I'm thinking of swimming the 200 yard Im and 100 yard breaststroke there is about 5 events in between. I mean at the local senior olympics but this shows I tried easy.
Well, I feel like a train hit me. On Monday I swam only 700 yards but did a lot of speed work. I cut down on the yardage and did a minute to 1 minute rest by going all out on each of the strokes. I did 20 seconds freestyle after swimming a slow first 25 free. 27 or 28 second backstroke after swimming a slow 25 yard backstroke A 23 second breaststroke after swimming a slow 25 yard breaststroke. A 24 second butterfly after swimming a slow 25 yard butterfly. I did 8 25 but 4 at race speed. I did a broken 200 Im on 2 minute at 1:01 Fly, 1:09 backstoke and 58 second breaststroke and 53 second frestyle.. A 2:09 first fly and back and a 1:51 or 1:52 *** and free. The rest was just kicking of the different storkes. It is still effecting me. Plus, I did some sprinting on other days at my mother's apartment pool distance of 10 yards to 13 yard sprints of the stokes. I did feel like I was hit by a train even if the yardage for the week was only about 3,500 yards.. I'm thinking of swimming the 200 yard Im and 100 yard breaststroke there is about 5 events in between. I mean at the local senior olympics but this shows I tried easy.
