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!
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I have the same problem too. I don't compete, but I do know my PB's and cruise times. When I miss several days in a row my times climb. I think it takes a couple of workouts to get the stamina and stroke back.
My goal is to swim 5 days a week. I swim, run and do a little bit of weights just to be in shape so an "ideal" week would look something like this:
Monday: 2300-2500 yards freestyle workout followed by 3 mile run.
Tuesday: 2800-3000 yard breaststroke workout
Wednesday: 1900-2200 yard fly workout followed by weights for about 30-40 minutes
Thursday: 2600-2900 yard IM workout
Friday: 1900-2200 yard backstroke workout
About two out of every five weeks actually turn out that way. Two more of the five will be four of the above days. And the fifth week may be only one or two days of exercise. During those weeks, I can feel it late in the week. I will actually put on one or two pounds and I start to feel it - I just don't feel like myself.
Today was my first day in the pool since last Monday - and it was tough. Last week I worked about 80 hours - add to that family obligations, etc. and I was only getting 5-6 hours of sleep as it was. To give up even another hour so that I could swim just didn't seem like a good idea.
I have the same problem too. I don't compete, but I do know my PB's and cruise times. When I miss several days in a row my times climb. I think it takes a couple of workouts to get the stamina and stroke back.
My goal is to swim 5 days a week. I swim, run and do a little bit of weights just to be in shape so an "ideal" week would look something like this:
Monday: 2300-2500 yards freestyle workout followed by 3 mile run.
Tuesday: 2800-3000 yard breaststroke workout
Wednesday: 1900-2200 yard fly workout followed by weights for about 30-40 minutes
Thursday: 2600-2900 yard IM workout
Friday: 1900-2200 yard backstroke workout
About two out of every five weeks actually turn out that way. Two more of the five will be four of the above days. And the fifth week may be only one or two days of exercise. During those weeks, I can feel it late in the week. I will actually put on one or two pounds and I start to feel it - I just don't feel like myself.
Today was my first day in the pool since last Monday - and it was tough. Last week I worked about 80 hours - add to that family obligations, etc. and I was only getting 5-6 hours of sleep as it was. To give up even another hour so that I could swim just didn't seem like a good idea.
