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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I swim in a coached workout three mornings a week. This is good as I end up doing sets that I wouldn't even consider doing when I work out on my own.
I abhor kicking. Even easy kicking is hard for me. On Tuesday morning we did 500 kicking with fins. We started off easy (but even easy is hard for me), then she (the coach) would yell "HARD!!" and we would kick as hard as we could, then she would call "Easy" and we could ease off, then "HARD!" and so forth. I would never think of doing 500 kick with maybe half of it "HARD!"
This morning we did 9 X 50 FAST, and the coach kept track of our times. It was hard but very gratifying as I showed marked improvement over what I did last March. But again, I wouldn't have done it on my own.
I swim in a coached workout three mornings a week. This is good as I end up doing sets that I wouldn't even consider doing when I work out on my own.
I abhor kicking. Even easy kicking is hard for me. On Tuesday morning we did 500 kicking with fins. We started off easy (but even easy is hard for me), then she (the coach) would yell "HARD!!" and we would kick as hard as we could, then she would call "Easy" and we could ease off, then "HARD!" and so forth. I would never think of doing 500 kick with maybe half of it "HARD!"
This morning we did 9 X 50 FAST, and the coach kept track of our times. It was hard but very gratifying as I showed marked improvement over what I did last March. But again, I wouldn't have done it on my own.
