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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Lots of good ideas on these pages. Thanks, Jean, for starting it.
I swim fly, and one of my problems is to get up the intestinal fortitude to sprint a whole 100......
What I have been doing is not new, but is new to me and seems to be very helpful. I call it "add-a-stroke". You swim until your stroke disintegrates, as follows: Length one, one stroke fly, the rest free-length two, two strokes fly, then free-3 for 3, etc. It is surprising how you can build endurance that way and you forget how tired you are.... It can be done arms-only as well.
The other thing I have been doing is after practice, as everyone is getting out, I swim a hard 75 fly by going mostly arms for the first 50 and then hammering the last length with a hard kick. I figure if I can do a good 75 tired, I won't have trouble with a 100.
We will find out this weekend up in Canada........
Bert ~~~^o^~~~
Lots of good ideas on these pages. Thanks, Jean, for starting it.
I swim fly, and one of my problems is to get up the intestinal fortitude to sprint a whole 100......
What I have been doing is not new, but is new to me and seems to be very helpful. I call it "add-a-stroke". You swim until your stroke disintegrates, as follows: Length one, one stroke fly, the rest free-length two, two strokes fly, then free-3 for 3, etc. It is surprising how you can build endurance that way and you forget how tired you are.... It can be done arms-only as well.
The other thing I have been doing is after practice, as everyone is getting out, I swim a hard 75 fly by going mostly arms for the first 50 and then hammering the last length with a hard kick. I figure if I can do a good 75 tired, I won't have trouble with a 100.
We will find out this weekend up in Canada........
Bert ~~~^o^~~~
