swimming for fitness

Well done face.
How are you feeling today? Did you wear your new suit?

best you are very tall, I feel your pain. My height is in my legs so I don't struggle too much to get suits that fit.

I shall swim tomorrow morning.

So I did my coaching session last night - we were put in the 50m pool! Never swam in one before, it was a learning curve. Water was very cold too, which took some getting used to.

Anyway, it was good to take some time out to do some drills and legwork and a bit of work on turns and gliding etc. Don't think I was told anything new, but did work on stroke length and kicking and it did stand to me alright. Very tired today though

Thats really pretty Face.
When your concentrating on aspects of you stroke it can feel like you lose the whole stroke, then suddenly it all comes together again

I bought this Zogg suit online during the week, I hope it fits! I also wish I had a tan as nice as that model's.

I have that 2 hour coaching clinic tomorrow, I am really looking forward to trying to get my stroke deconstructed!

What s the 2 beat kick?

What a dick rights glad you told him off. Swimming into him is a good idea too. Where (TF) was the lifeguard in all this?

I'm shocking with kicking my legs, use my arms to propel me through the water, it's something I find hard to balance, TI uses an ideal of 2 beat kick to save energy to go for longer, conventional swimming for fitness wants you to use your legs

So I do a bit of both, kick drills in my lessons and minimal use in the TI sets I do to go further.

Another load of lengths while DS2 and friends mucked about on flumes and mats. Thin lane and some dick kept just swimming into it and standing there. I gave him a hard stare more than once then told him off.

Focussed on staying flat and smooth.
Getting loads of tips from you guys, it really helps.

ps: I don't do much with legs, sometimes I remember to kick. It's mostly arms. I kick hugely harder from the wall than most, maybe my legs are fresher or underlying stronger.

wow, that looks like a great film, doesn't it? I've been trying to find a good flick to watch with DD that she hasn't already seen.

If anyone fancies watching a film i found really inspiring about a guy with ms preparing for an ironman...

It's on Netflix and in Spanish with subtitles, and utterly brilliant.

100 meters
www.imdb.com/title/tt5089786/

Thanks hissy I'll ask for a float at my next lesson. I'm only 4 or 5 weeks into it so I'm chuffed that I can actually do front crawl at all! It's just frustrating that I find it so exhausting. I guess there's no hiding place with swimming! With running/cycling you can just plod along when it gets hard.

igotta the legs will come, you have a lot to focus on.

Legs wise, get a float and just do kicking drills. Front and back.

On the front, arms out straight in front, float flat on the water and head down when in the water, when you need to breathe, do so to the side, don't lift head, turn it so that one ear stays in the water/on your arm.

Then introduce one arm one side for a length, then the same with the other arm.

Then put it together. Slow legs and arms!!

It's like learning to drive, lots of things you're having to remember ow will become second nature

Wow 1.7km is amazing! I'm still trying to get to 50m!! Do all you proper front crawlers kick from the hip with a slight flex in your knee? I'm not sure if I'm doing that bit right. I spend so much time thinking about breathing and what my arms are doing that I forget to focus on my legs.

Rights! Well done! Make sure you drink enough (lots) before you swim, eat something salty earlier to help absorb the water, and eat a banana an hour or so before.

That should help with cramps

You did so well today!!

Due to excellent management of my list of things to do today I ended up with longer in the pool than usual.

Felt strong and did 1.7k (furthest ever!) in 45 mins. All front crawl with no breaks. Swam until I started getting calf cramps.

Was a really good guy there and tried to copy his style. So smooth and elegant.

Well done best that's great work. I find front crawl so so hard. Today I did 400 alternate beast stroke and front crawl. Rested for 30 sec for drink. Another 400 100 front crawl then 100 breast stroke then repeated. Rested/drank 1 min 200 front crawl 200 breast stroke. Another 220 alternate. Felt really good. Hoping to get to 2k by month end and cut down breaks

I managed 800 without stopping at all today and all but 80m were front crawl. Really pleased with that. Could have done more too but had to get back to my desk . Was a bit naughty as supposed to be doing leg work to keep my physio happy.

I'm 5'10 with short legs rights

How tall are you Best? I am 5'8" (or maybe 7", but I'll go with 8") and it can be a problem for me at times. My Sports Direct boy short one is great though.

my latest swimsuit came from Tesco. I have a speedo which is the most uncomfortable thing ever. I really struggle to find ones long enough.

I found them! "Uglies" swimwear. Who knew?
Some sense of irony lost on me in the name. I already have the truly ugliest hat & suit in the pool. It's my specialty .

Ah I see what you mean by the stripy straps. No, not noticed those.

This is similar if not same make.

Tyr is right for colourfulness, quality & cut. but needs all the edges to be stripes (like binding on a quilt): white with black/navy stripey straps.

Hey, please don't make me actually talk to one of the fast girls.

In other news, Swimtag finally reports I swam 1925 m tonite. That is impossible. I'll round it up to 1950 because I got only about 2m from the wall sometimes (gassy sprinters).

Are they Tyr? They have thin straps but maybe not stripey