After 30 years, I got back into the pool 3 months ago, and just swam in my first meet last weekend. I'm curious about how many yards a day, and how many days a week other males in my age group who are swimming to compete swim. Thanks up front for your input!
I recently heard that Jim McConica, a legend in the 50-54 age group, swam 500,000 yards last February. It was a leap year, so he had the benefit of a 29th day, but by my calculations, he was averaging over 17,000 yards a day (almost 10 miles per day)--this assuming he didn't take a day off.
There's quite a range. Another excellent swimmer, though younger than us, is Bill Volckening (spelling?) who told me he swims one mile a day, seven days a week, which is only a bit over 12,000 a week.
Whatever approach you take, I second the idea in the earlier post: work up to it very, very gradually, adding no more than 10 percent per week. You might want to throw in some circuit weight training, too, to help guard against injuries. Good luck.
I recently heard that Jim McConica, a legend in the 50-54 age group, swam 500,000 yards last February. It was a leap year, so he had the benefit of a 29th day, but by my calculations, he was averaging over 17,000 yards a day (almost 10 miles per day)--this assuming he didn't take a day off.
There's quite a range. Another excellent swimmer, though younger than us, is Bill Volckening (spelling?) who told me he swims one mile a day, seven days a week, which is only a bit over 12,000 a week.
Whatever approach you take, I second the idea in the earlier post: work up to it very, very gradually, adding no more than 10 percent per week. You might want to throw in some circuit weight training, too, to help guard against injuries. Good luck.
