Hey everybody, I am lookin for some advice on getting back into the sport. Quick rundown of the past. I swam USS for all 3 years of middle school and my freshman year of high school. Dropped it because I got severely burnt out. Picked up cycling and raced for a couple years. I graduated high school at 155 pounds (im 5 10). Before I started working out this year, I was at 224 pounds. Since that high, I got down to 187 doing P90X. I love the workout, but out of everything I have done, I miss swimming immensely. So I joined a gym because they had a pool. Even with the P90X workouts, I jumped in the pool and did a 100 free and thought I wasnt doin too bad. After about 300 yards my stroke was awful and with each stroke I felt like I was goin nowhere. Ive tried to get back into swimming shape by just doin laps, but I cant. I get way too frustrated and being a former swimmer, I like a set workout/routine. Any tips for me. Please remember I cant do much more than 100 yards at a time, especially towards the middle to latter parts of the workout. I want to swim Masters one day soon. But ill be damned if I go and make a fool out of myself with my current form. Thanks so much for any help/tips you can give me.
Hey Josh,
Congratulations on dropping so much weight. That is a significant accomplishment!
My advice - don't be too harsh on yourself. Sometimes our desire to achieve backfires. We become overly critical of our performance, start a cycle of negative thoughts and end up defeating our goals.
Relax and enjoy the water. Swim for pleasure and for fun. Take your time and stop when you need to take a break. Swim for the intrinsic value of swimming because you are working on yourself - for yourself. Push yourself and experience another dimension of the sport (pain! but good pain - not like an ankle sprain) - but don't beat yourself up.
Comparisons are invideous!
P
Hey Josh,
Congratulations on dropping so much weight. That is a significant accomplishment!
My advice - don't be too harsh on yourself. Sometimes our desire to achieve backfires. We become overly critical of our performance, start a cycle of negative thoughts and end up defeating our goals.
Relax and enjoy the water. Swim for pleasure and for fun. Take your time and stop when you need to take a break. Swim for the intrinsic value of swimming because you are working on yourself - for yourself. Push yourself and experience another dimension of the sport (pain! but good pain - not like an ankle sprain) - but don't beat yourself up.
Comparisons are invideous!
P
