I am 45 years old and swim 2 to 3 times per week. I swim for aeobic benefits and general fitness. I do not race and don't feel a need to improve my speed. I only have 30 minutes in the pool for each workout session. Does anyone have ideas on good workouts that are challenging but do not go overboard? Thanks.
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Hi all, there is tons and tons of good advice on this page. My friend recommended me to this site when I started to bug him with lots of questions about swimming. The question that I had is quite similar to the first question in this thread except that I am 25 and have been swimming for 1 1/2 year with about a mile of swimming every alternate days. I normally try to swim longer than getting pressed on time.
The question is, the weekend before last I swam 150 laps in a 25 yards length pool at a stretch for diabetes in the period of 3 hrs. The reason why I swam that many laps that day was 'coz I really wanted to help fund raising for diabetic people and surprisingly, I didnt get sore, none of my body parts were aching next day. I definitely had a tremendous increase in my confidence level and now that I dont want to lose that kind of stamina that a person who would swim 150 laps would have, I am just curious what should my schedule look like so that I can maintain my stamina and still swim 3ice a week?
Kindly advice,
Sachin
Well, with your diabetes you need to watch things a little more. But I don't see any problem with you swimming 150 laps. By the way on my vacation I swam 16,590 yards in one week, since I was able to swim 6 days. This week one of the pools is close, so I probably swim around 9,000 yards. Usually I swim from a low of 7,500 to a high of about 12,000 yards. You have youth on your side many of use are middled aged or older.
