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?
CME, or continuing medical education, is pretty much mandatory, and physicians have to take boards every few years to continue to practice. It is one of the better professions out there for that, I never dealt with that as an engineer, but my wife has to take boards every few years (may be as many as 5). THings change, but so do physicians. They have to to keep practicing. I wouldn't discount what your surgeon says because you don't like it.
You took (most of) the words right out of my fingertips, 67! My father was a doctor, so I can attest to that. That continuing education was the reason he missed a lot of my high school swim meets and concerts.
CME, or continuing medical education, is pretty much mandatory, and physicians have to take boards every few years to continue to practice. It is one of the better professions out there for that, I never dealt with that as an engineer, but my wife has to take boards every few years (may be as many as 5). THings change, but so do physicians. They have to to keep practicing. I wouldn't discount what your surgeon says because you don't like it.
You took (most of) the words right out of my fingertips, 67! My father was a doctor, so I can attest to that. That continuing education was the reason he missed a lot of my high school swim meets and concerts.
