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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It wasn't so long ago that I was starting out after many years off, and things weren't any different then. It was impossible to schedule my swimming to increase my yardage or effort gradually. Instead, I had to pay careful attention to my body, particularly my shoulders, and lay off when I started to hurt. I made an effort to avoid any sort of paddles for a couple of years, and only in the last few months have I started to use the (huge, to me) yellow paddles.
So I think advice to be added to yours is to be careful and not rush things. I always say to myself that I will be swimming when I am 90, so there is no rush; I am in the middle of my life!
It wasn't so long ago that I was starting out after many years off, and things weren't any different then. It was impossible to schedule my swimming to increase my yardage or effort gradually. Instead, I had to pay careful attention to my body, particularly my shoulders, and lay off when I started to hurt. I made an effort to avoid any sort of paddles for a couple of years, and only in the last few months have I started to use the (huge, to me) yellow paddles.
So I think advice to be added to yours is to be careful and not rush things. I always say to myself that I will be swimming when I am 90, so there is no rush; I am in the middle of my life!
