I am a 28 year old High Tech worker looking to get back into shap & swimming. Its been 10 and 100 pounds since High School Swim team. I am looking to get back into shape, and back into swimming a the same time. Is joining a club and working out a good starting point or should I look into something else and joing Masters at a later point when I am a little more in shape? I am "medically sound". I really want to get back into distance stuff... Maybe someday make the anual alcatraz swim.
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Hopefully you've already gotten out there and put some yards in the pool. If you've seriously put on 100 lbs, I would recommend first training/swimming on your own for a couple weeks, and then seeking out a masters program. This will allow you to get a "feel" for the water and work through the sore muscles at your own pace. My concern about jumping right into a Masters program is that it's easy to get caught up in the moment and push yourself much harder than you should before you've built a base. This could cause much more pain than necessary and actually slow down your progress.
Once you've built a base, I strongly recommend a Masters program. I lifted weights and ran for 20 years, but never saw half the results that I've seen in 4 months of masters swimming.
However you approach it....keep it fun!
Hopefully you've already gotten out there and put some yards in the pool. If you've seriously put on 100 lbs, I would recommend first training/swimming on your own for a couple weeks, and then seeking out a masters program. This will allow you to get a "feel" for the water and work through the sore muscles at your own pace. My concern about jumping right into a Masters program is that it's easy to get caught up in the moment and push yourself much harder than you should before you've built a base. This could cause much more pain than necessary and actually slow down your progress.
Once you've built a base, I strongly recommend a Masters program. I lifted weights and ran for 20 years, but never saw half the results that I've seen in 4 months of masters swimming.
However you approach it....keep it fun!
