Nate wrote:So I was wondering - does anyone here actually swim regularly?
If so, do you have a specific routine/workout you like to do? A set distance/time? Or do you just jump in and go back and forth until your tired?
Was thinking it'd be cool to share workouts and routines and for those who don't often attend a pool, they can try out a routine that someone else does. Or for those who go often, they can steal someone else's routine and mix things up a bit.
I swim at least three times a week. Usually at a 25m pool but I try and go to the 50m in the city a few times to mix things up. I used to do 40 lengths monday and wednesday (1km) and then a mile (64 lengths) on friday but lately I've progressed to doing one mile every single session. I've started to build more of a 'session' now in sets rather than just doing 40/64 lengths as quick as I can and then jumping out. Here's the session I do at the 25m pool as much as I can. All of this is in front crawl, when I'm feeling adventurous I mix it up with other strokes but I prefer front crawl.
(I've explained what some of the drills are, sorry if it sounds patronising. Once upon a time I used to read swim workouts completely baffled so I hope they help those who don't often read them hah)
200m warm-up
50m left hand (front crawl with right hand on a kickboard)
50m pull (with pullbouy between legs)
50m right hand (front crawl with left hand on the kickboard)
50m kick (holding a kickboard and just kicking your legs)
1600m main set
100m cool down
Now, I'm no personal trainer nor do I have any experience in club swimming so I don't know if this set is "wrong" for anyone to do physically. I manage it and I enjoy doing it.
So anyone else got any routines or workouts?
great questions. I never knew the length of my local pool in my city in quincy, mass. till I asked the lifeguard one day and she told me it was 25 meters. I figured it was longer than my country club pool in desert hot springs, ca. till I measured it one day with my arms, my country club is 50 meters, so it takes me a half hour exact to swim to swim 9 laps at my country club pool(50 meter) and 18 laps to do my city pool which is 25 meters and takes a half hour as well!
years ago I would swim in board shorts, but now all I swim in only my speedos!
how about you, do you swim in speedos as well? such a great & exciting feeling to swim laps in speedos. I probably have 30 speedos, mostly bright & cheerful!
so where do you live? I live half the year in California & other half in mass. chuck