day 1: back in the pool

swam about 1500 yards and just about died

swimming, lol

make sure to wash your vagina

nice m8 I wish I had a pool to swim in, I might in pa which will be tits

don't mind the troll as I know you wont either re swimming

getting back in shape via swimming is the best. youre sore in places you forgot you had muscles

anyways monday i swam about 2k (not much compared to what im used to, but i just dont have the endurance yet)
today i ran a half hour and swam a half hour, about 1500 yards

Swimming is fucking tough, no joke.

I imagine you have this problem a lot.

wednesday swam a couple k
today ran like 15 min before my knee wanted to explode so i swam a k or so to cool it off

had a good week last week
friday i did a test set of 10x 100's on 1:30 and made each one in at about 1:20-1:25, but it kicked my ass.

time to start writing workouts on paper

What were your best times in high school?

in sprints?

22.7 50Y free
i think i did a 50.9 100Y free once, but thats too much distance for me haha

Yea i'd die lol

kinda surprised how fast its coming back, even after missing a week due to aids

back on the train. I've had a Y membership for the past few months, and I was using the school's gym previous to that
I workout between 3-5 days per week depending on how much shit I have going on at school etc

As of last week, my swims look something like 3500 yards (2 miles) with main set of about 2000 yards
when I run, it's either for speed or distance, generally speed I try to see how quickly I can get to 3 miles, which is usually around 24-25 minutes, then I either run a mile at 6.5mph or just cool off. Distance I just leave the burners on 6.5mph and run for 45 min or longer breathing exclusively through my nose.
This week in Florida I've just been running the 3.7 mile circuit around the neighborhood in about 30 minutes when I get time before golf or dinner or whatever.

Goals:
Resting heart rate is usually between 55-65, BP is consistently between 115-135/65-80 at rest without medication. Goals here being maintaining everything in range here, where I am currently.
My starting weight a few months ago was probably 145-150, currently it's around 155. I'd like to get up to 170 if at all possible while still being lean, but I absolutely refuse to weight train. I'm in Florida now, and I usually eat myself into oblivion while I'm here, so 160 is possible by the end of the week. I have never been that heavy, but I am interested in carrying a little extra luggage.

am by no means a workout expert, but cardio to gain w8 seems like you're doing it wrong

agreed but to each their own as long as youre in an energy surplus
just have to eat like crazy

agreed your agreed - still weight training would really help out

Oh well - swimmin and finnin is fun.

agreed
swimming especially is going to build endurance and boost metabolism making it even harder to gain weight
and if youre trying to gain weight but not build muscle then i dont really know what is overall being accomplished

you can strength train in a pool, by the way. plus im not talking about bulking up, im talking about filling out. 170 is still a little under ideal body weight for my height, i should be able to fill out to there no problem. That I'm already +10 should be an indicator of that

Another 3500 swim today, mostly main set (2500)
600 warm up - 200 free, 100 kick x2
8x 200's training pace, completed them at 1:17 100's
100 cool down
8x 100's training pace, completed at 1:16 100's
100 cool down
2x 50's afterburner pace, completed at 29s each. (no dive)
300 cool down

was just over an hour, need to see if I can start tacking on yardage

top dog

does swimming underwater provide a comparable cardiovascular effect?
i always loved swimming under water, but never really had the quardnatian for above water

im not sure, how do you mean like with a snorkel or scuba?

also, ran 6 miles at 6.5 mph pace. after my pulse was 160, lol. i can run that forever i think except my knees eventually hurt (shoulders too, another lol)

by holding your breath



like that

prob the same, less coordinated and more stopping though

swam 2 hours yesterday, i have a dull full body sore going on right now, p sweet

ran for 10 minutes, shins wanted to die
biked for an hour instead

resistance training will help you run longer

Yesterday's swim:
600 warm up (200 free/100 kick x2)
4x 100 pull with paddles

Main set:
10x 200 training pace (2:30) on 3:30
100 cool off
10x 100 training pace (1:10-1:15) on 1:30
100 cool off

Kick set:
12 x 50 free down, breast back on 1:15

Cool down:
500 various fucking around measures

total = 5300, 3 miles

ran 3, biked 10

finally got back into the pool, wasn't much due to time constraints with swim practice, but it had been a while. need to be better about not taking 10 days off again.

been biking too much because i can read whilst biking

been a while since i updated this, but ive still been swimming and biking

up to 159.6 pounds as of today, fuck, so close to 160