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?
Hi Elaine,
I just found this post and have joined up. I started swimming a few years ago at age 54 having never swam in my life except for the normal childhood swimming fun times. Finding swimming has been a great adventure and I just love it! My problem is consistency especially not having any club in my area. I am still learning the different strokes and improving continually. I did compete in the 2016 Senior Games but there was only 1 other swimmer in my local games which was very disappointing. It sounded good to say I won 7 gold medals, LOL!
I just started back swimming this week after a 4-5 month layoff. The goal is weight loss. One thing I find very disappointing about the USMS workouts is they all run up 2500-3000 yards per workout. Heck the warmups are more my style right now. I m excited about the Fitness Challenge workout starting out at lower yardages which will help alot.
Looking forward to fun and some good advice! Keep swimming!!
Hi Elaine,
I just found this post and have joined up. I started swimming a few years ago at age 54 having never swam in my life except for the normal childhood swimming fun times. Finding swimming has been a great adventure and I just love it! My problem is consistency especially not having any club in my area. I am still learning the different strokes and improving continually. I did compete in the 2016 Senior Games but there was only 1 other swimmer in my local games which was very disappointing. It sounded good to say I won 7 gold medals, LOL!
I just started back swimming this week after a 4-5 month layoff. The goal is weight loss. One thing I find very disappointing about the USMS workouts is they all run up 2500-3000 yards per workout. Heck the warmups are more my style right now. I m excited about the Fitness Challenge workout starting out at lower yardages which will help alot.
Looking forward to fun and some good advice! Keep swimming!!
