I am a 50+ (actually 60+) female, and I thought it might be interesting for some older folks to post some workouts. This is one I did today.
400 easy
8 X 50 IM order - 15 seconds rest. Odds are building, and evens are 25 max plus 25 easy.
5 X 300 - (100 IM + 100 free + 100 stroke - 15 seconds rest between each 100), 30 seconds rest between each 300. Descend times for each 300.
250 cool down
total: 2,550 yards.
Descending the times for the 300 yard sets made this workout challenging and interesting.
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The walking sounds like it would be a good addition to swimming -it should help to increase your stamina.
So far as the swimming is conerned - Dr. Sheehan, who wrote in Runners' World had a favorite expression which was, "Listen to your body". If you start by swimming one length of the pool, you will find that one length will soon become easy and won't be a challenge any more. Then you would make swimming two your goal. Just increase your yardage (or meterage) little by little. If your body starts finding it too hard, then ease off a bit. I think the fact that you are swimming three times a week is good. After a while you might want to increase that to four times a week, but only you will know if and when you should do this. People get into trouble when they don't listen to their body and push on no matter what their body is telling them. This said, there are times when you need to tell your body to take a hike (or a swim), like when your body wants to camp out on the couch and scarf down donuts and beer all the time. :)
The walking sounds like it would be a good addition to swimming -it should help to increase your stamina.
So far as the swimming is conerned - Dr. Sheehan, who wrote in Runners' World had a favorite expression which was, "Listen to your body". If you start by swimming one length of the pool, you will find that one length will soon become easy and won't be a challenge any more. Then you would make swimming two your goal. Just increase your yardage (or meterage) little by little. If your body starts finding it too hard, then ease off a bit. I think the fact that you are swimming three times a week is good. After a while you might want to increase that to four times a week, but only you will know if and when you should do this. People get into trouble when they don't listen to their body and push on no matter what their body is telling them. This said, there are times when you need to tell your body to take a hike (or a swim), like when your body wants to camp out on the couch and scarf down donuts and beer all the time. :)
