I am 35 and in pretty decent shape. I ride 4-5000 miles a year and do endurance events (100 mile mt. bike races). Unfortunately, my Dr. just told me no more riding for 3 + months. I usually ride through the winter, well enough to stay in some sort of shape.
While I am not excited about droping $800 bucks to join the Y to use the pool I am kind of excited to try something new. My Dr. told me I can swim and I plan on using this to keep my cardio and tone up over the winter.
Problem is I have no idea where to start. From goggles, suit, to what to do in the pool other than swim. In cycling I always tell beginners any cycling is better than no cycling, I would guess this is true for swimming (at a beginner level).
I know how to swim and was on the swim team through grade school (yeah I know a long time ago but at least I know what its about). I have tried to read some of the posts here about training, but to be honest I just dont know the lingo.
Like most things I will probably get hooked on this and want to see what I can do with it. I would like to work up to doing 1-2 hours.
Thanks for the help.
Al
Great progress! One quick thought: make sure you build recovery days into your workout routines. I think you'll find that most Masters' swimmers are in the pool around 3 to 4 times per week and very few go every day. Some of those recovery days should be absolutely nothing. As an example, right now, holiday time excluded, my main recovery day is Sunday when I only do a 30 minute core class. When I find myself getting too run down, I'll even skip that.
Great progress! One quick thought: make sure you build recovery days into your workout routines. I think you'll find that most Masters' swimmers are in the pool around 3 to 4 times per week and very few go every day. Some of those recovery days should be absolutely nothing. As an example, right now, holiday time excluded, my main recovery day is Sunday when I only do a 30 minute core class. When I find myself getting too run down, I'll even skip that.
