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I like workouts that have patterns. They are easy to remember and breakup the workout. If you like patterns, then this will be a snap to remember and a challenge to do.
500M Free (Warm-up)
400M Swim-Kick-Drill-Swim, 100 of each stroke
1×300M Free
2×200M Best Stroke Not Free
3×100M Free Fast
4x 50M Second Best Stroke Not Free
3×100M Free [...]
If you have never swam competitively, the follow information, which applies to Lifetime Fitness’ pools, might be helpful.
Distance
Lengths
Laps (down and back)
50M
2 lengths
1 lap
100M
4 lengths
2 laps
200M
8 lengths
4 laps
500M
20 lengths
10 laps
1000M
40 lengths
20 laps
1500M
60 lengths
30 laps
1 Mile
60 lengths
30 laps
If you see a pool advertised as “Olympic Sized” it is one of three sizes. 25 yards, which is [...]
Yesterday was my first day back in the water after nine months. After swimming 1,000 meters, or about 30% or a normal master’s workout, I left the pool both exhausted and dehydrated. My goal is to get back into shape this summer, when I have time to workout several nights a week as [...]
Its been six weeks out of the water. April Fool’s was the day to start back, and I did 400 swim, 400 kick, pretty much IM order, for an hour. About 2800 yards. No fly on the swim part yet, freestyle was killing my shoulders, strength and endurance wise, but no grinding. [...]
I have been off the super alieve for a day now, and the pain in my shoulder is gone. Its now time to start rehabing it. One of my concerns is that rehab will irritate it again. For the two weeks I was on medication, I did not do any rehab at [...]
In mid January, I started experiencing some pain in my left shoulder during swimming. It might have been even earlier than that, because I remember making a conscience effort to roll my body more, and focusing more on balancing my stroke. At the end of January was the cruise, so there was no [...]
I had two large cinnamon roll doughnuts for lunch yesterday while I was working at my fathers house. This probably slowed me down quite a bit during practice today. I just didn’t feel like I could go fast. Usually Monday isn’t my best practice, so the doughnuts might not be the problem.
Last week [...]
Today was the first practice where I hit 5,000 yards. In theory, this shouldn’t be that big of a deal. Swimming 5,000 yards in 75 minutes requires an average 100 time of 1:30, including all rest. Maintaining a 1:30 average is diffcult because our practices are usually very mixed. If a [...]
My entire nutrition plan has been approved. You know what that means. Its time for some math.
I did the math, and then I got worried. Not only do I have to eat a large breakfast, on days that it swim, I have to eat a huge breakfast. I need to eat [...]
I was examining my toe and it flap of skin yesterday. It was much worse than I thought it was, but the angle of the wound gave me some insight on my start.
When I do my track start, I believe I twist my back leg, pushing off at an angle about 45 degrees from [...]
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