Hello, I used to swim competitively between the ages of 6-18 and I was pretty good back then. Now I'm 29 and want to return to competitive swimming. So my question is, does anybody have any suggestions on a good workout to get back into the swim of things, I've gotten a bit out of shape. My second question is what are good times these days? As in, what times should I aim for in a 50yd/100yd freestyle and 50yd backstroke. Right now I can do a 34 second 50 free, what should I aim for to potentially win an event or at least place somewhere in the top 5?
Thank you in advance.
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I was/am in exactly the same boat as you. I just signed up and did a meet first time back in the pool after 12 years. It went ok; while I was out of shape, I am much stronger than when I was 17 so it kind of balanced out and I swam nearly as fast as at my peak.
Depending on the type of workout you want to do I would say the first step (unless you are really lazy like me) is to just get back into a pool anywhere and build your endurance back up to where you can swim a 400/500 or so without dying half way through. Just swim as long as you can without dying and then rest and repeat. That's what I would do before I try to do a regular swimming workout that I would not be able to finish even 1/3rd of.
I was/am in exactly the same boat as you. I just signed up and did a meet first time back in the pool after 12 years. It went ok; while I was out of shape, I am much stronger than when I was 17 so it kind of balanced out and I swam nearly as fast as at my peak.
Depending on the type of workout you want to do I would say the first step (unless you are really lazy like me) is to just get back into a pool anywhere and build your endurance back up to where you can swim a 400/500 or so without dying half way through. Just swim as long as you can without dying and then rest and repeat. That's what I would do before I try to do a regular swimming workout that I would not be able to finish even 1/3rd of.
