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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Thanks 67King! WOW - what an amazing success story about getting back in the pool.
I really thoguhr I could get back up to my 16-1700 yards after a couple weeks. I just get so week at the 800 mark and really have to push for that last 50yards.
I was reading on another post people eat PB&J before swimming. So tomorrow I am going to try that on my way to the gym. Maybe my food intake is not proving me the fuel I need?
Sometimes it just takes people longer to recuperate - and some things knock us down more than we realize. You might try, as above, breaking down your workout into even smaller pieces and taking more rests, or even just counting them differently. I found when I started counting 500yds by 4s it seemed to go faster. (Not that I went faster, but it didn't seem as intense). It will come back, I'm sure. Good fuel never hurts, either.
Thanks 67King! WOW - what an amazing success story about getting back in the pool.
I really thoguhr I could get back up to my 16-1700 yards after a couple weeks. I just get so week at the 800 mark and really have to push for that last 50yards.
I was reading on another post people eat PB&J before swimming. So tomorrow I am going to try that on my way to the gym. Maybe my food intake is not proving me the fuel I need?
Sometimes it just takes people longer to recuperate - and some things knock us down more than we realize. You might try, as above, breaking down your workout into even smaller pieces and taking more rests, or even just counting them differently. I found when I started counting 500yds by 4s it seemed to go faster. (Not that I went faster, but it didn't seem as intense). It will come back, I'm sure. Good fuel never hurts, either.
