How to get back in swimming shape - Skills N' Talents
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Date: 2022-07-18
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Actingskint
what was missing, or appeared to be missing from this clip, was the mental benefits of swimming. Ive struggled on and off for as long as i can remember, with keeping my life on any sort of track. If i had to define my day to day week to week state of mind, it would probably be a roller coaster. I used to train with weights, did a lot of cardio as well. However, between sessions i required recovery days which sucked, the training itself was often pretty tedious, even if i did try and mix it up. Since I've re discovered swimming, its helped to level me out. Its so peaceful in the water when its just you trying to time your breathing. switched off from the rest of the world of problems. You swim long and hard enough and even in the coldest of pools you feel your shoulders start to ache and your body grow warm with the continuous rush of blood through your limbs. The beauty of swimming is it can be fitted around anything happening in your day. You dont need a freshly laundered track suit, trainers, gloves etc. I keep my shorts and goggles in my bag, ready for when i have half hour to drop into a pool, & wash the problems out of my head. If i go early in the morning, i can if i choose swim again late at night. I dont suffer weight related injuries or recovery time. Swimming is such a good exercise for the mind, it should be a prescription from the doctors, instead of the daily dose of anti depressants which are given out like so many smarties these days.
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what was missing, or appeared to be missing from this clip, was the mental benefits of swimming. Ive struggled on and off for as long as i can remember, with keeping my life on any sort of track. If i had to define my day to day week to week state of mind, it would probably be a roller coaster. I used to train with weights, did a lot of cardio as well. However, between sessions i required recovery days which sucked, the training itself was often pretty tedious, even if i did try and mix it up. Since I've re discovered swimming, its helped to level me out. Its so peaceful in the water when its just you trying to time your breathing. switched off from the rest of the world of problems. You swim long and hard enough and even in the coldest of pools you feel your shoulders start to ache and your body grow warm with the continuous rush of blood through your limbs. The beauty of swimming is it can be fitted around anything happening in your day. You dont need a freshly laundered track suit, trainers, gloves etc. I keep my shorts and goggles in my bag, ready for when i have half hour to drop into a pool, & wash the problems out of my head. If i go early in the morning, i can if i choose swim again late at night. I dont suffer weight related injuries or recovery time. Swimming is such a good exercise for the mind, it should be a prescription from the doctors, instead of the daily dose of anti depressants which are given out like so many smarties these days.
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Oldskool
After a seven year break, age 50+, struggling too, but enjoying the slow improvements. I started with short distance long rest reps of 25's 50's 100's, 800yd total first day. Week 1: resting between reps until heart rate recovers, noting baseline recovery times, decrease rest time from there each week, increase daily distance no more than 10% per week, slowly increase speed each week or so, 70%, 75%, 80%. keeping eye on form with speed. The longer rests in the beginning gives more strength in each rep to actually analyze reasonable, not exhausted, stroking. My stroke broke after 6 years off, so reteaching oneself how to swim might be needed. Now I'm in month 3, up to 1700yd workouts in < 1hour, mostly sprints, and just this week did a 3000yd workout with a local masters team. Ouch, but worth it. It's cool in the beginning to see how much just a few moderately challenging workouts can really improve cardio recovery times between reps. Whey Protein.
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After a seven year break, age 50+, struggling too, but enjoying the slow improvements. I started with short distance long rest reps of 25's 50's 100's, 800yd total first day. Week 1: resting between reps until heart rate recovers, noting baseline recovery times, decrease rest time from there each week, increase daily distance no more than 10% per week, slowly increase speed each week or so, 70%, 75%, 80%. keeping eye on form with speed. The longer rests in the beginning gives more strength in each rep to actually analyze reasonable, not exhausted, stroking. My stroke broke after 6 years off, so reteaching oneself how to swim might be needed. Now I'm in month 3, up to 1700yd workouts in < 1hour, mostly sprints, and just this week did a 3000yd workout with a local masters team. Ouch, but worth it. It's cool in the beginning to see how much just a few moderately challenging workouts can really improve cardio recovery times between reps. Whey Protein.
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Nancy
Taking it slow is surely the way to go. I was a competitive swimmer durring my youth and once i went to college it all stopped. Fortunately 19 years later, I've decided to get back into it. I had gained a lot of weight and was embarassed of going to the pool until I found the courage and went. The first day I swam maybe a 50, not long after I progressed to 400m and now 3 months later I'm able to do 2000m workouts in my hour swim. My next goal is to reach 2500m, so practicing endurance, speed, technique and motivation: ) I started a small little blog to keep me motivated, my online journal about getting back in the pool after all those years. And I'm proud to say I've also lost 23 lbs thus far. yay! win win my blog is backinthesplash. wordpress. com feel free to follow, if it can motivate you then that's awesome!
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Taking it slow is surely the way to go. I was a competitive swimmer durring my youth and once i went to college it all stopped. Fortunately 19 years later, I've decided to get back into it. I had gained a lot of weight and was embarassed of going to the pool until I found the courage and went. The first day I swam maybe a 50, not long after I progressed to 400m and now 3 months later I'm able to do 2000m workouts in my hour swim. My next goal is to reach 2500m, so practicing endurance, speed, technique and motivation: ) I started a small little blog to keep me motivated, my online journal about getting back in the pool after all those years. And I'm proud to say I've also lost 23 lbs thus far. yay! win win my blog is backinthesplash. wordpress. com feel free to follow, if it can motivate you then that's awesome!
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DB
I dont know this is my experience or this is my problem. but i want to share with u.
M learning swimming from last 3 months. mosty i swim in 3 to 6 feet deep water and i swim quite well. but when it comes to go to more deeper my body refuse to go there. I tried many times but something happened with me my legs start shaking. entire body just get stopped.
I jumped in 9 feet deep pool 4-5times but i failed to swim there. most of time i drown and rescue by coach. i found some sort of fear in my mind about deep water swimming.
Can u please tell me how to overcome to that fear. i really want to swim in deep side of pool but how?
Pls help
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I dont know this is my experience or this is my problem. but i want to share with u.
M learning swimming from last 3 months. mosty i swim in 3 to 6 feet deep water and i swim quite well. but when it comes to go to more deeper my body refuse to go there. I tried many times but something happened with me my legs start shaking. entire body just get stopped.
I jumped in 9 feet deep pool 4-5times but i failed to swim there. most of time i drown and rescue by coach. i found some sort of fear in my mind about deep water swimming.
Can u please tell me how to overcome to that fear. i really want to swim in deep side of pool but how?
Pls help
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Olivia
Ive missed a month of swimming cuz we were on break. I didnt get a chance to go to the rec pool over the break so Im gonna need a lot of recovery. Ill update yall, todays my first practice.
The day after: its Friday and I actually dont feel that bad. It wasnt as bad as I thought, but during some sprints I dropped like 1-2 seconds, but that was after our sets. My legs are kind of sore because Ive always had weak legs.
Its been like a week or so, and Ive really gotten some good practices in. One practice, it felt like a new me cuz I was able to push myself a lot. I also started stretching out outside of swimming and I find it helpful.
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Ive missed a month of swimming cuz we were on break. I didnt get a chance to go to the rec pool over the break so Im gonna need a lot of recovery. Ill update yall, todays my first practice.
The day after: its Friday and I actually dont feel that bad. It wasnt as bad as I thought, but during some sprints I dropped like 1-2 seconds, but that was after our sets. My legs are kind of sore because Ive always had weak legs.
Its been like a week or so, and Ive really gotten some good practices in. One practice, it felt like a new me cuz I was able to push myself a lot. I also started stretching out outside of swimming and I find it helpful.
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DaniDonut
My parents made me take swimming lessons from being about 3-10 years old and I quit. After over 10 years of not swimming regularly I went to the pool with a friend the other day and fell back in love with being in the water, somehow my body just remembered how to do everything even butterfly which I was convinced I'd forgotten and I'm hoping to get into shape and learning basic dives. These videos are getting my pumped to go back.
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My parents made me take swimming lessons from being about 3-10 years old and I quit. After over 10 years of not swimming regularly I went to the pool with a friend the other day and fell back in love with being in the water, somehow my body just remembered how to do everything even butterfly which I was convinced I'd forgotten and I'm hoping to get into shape and learning basic dives. These videos are getting my pumped to go back.
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Nuno
I have a question, recently i've been getting interested in swimming again but im not sure if its too late or not, when i was younger like 8 or 9 i started taking swimming lessons and i got pretty good, people always told me i was really fast, and above average when it come o tecnique and atrength but after a year or so in swimming school got bored d ditched it now im 19 years old and im afraid its too late.
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I have a question, recently i've been getting interested in swimming again but im not sure if its too late or not, when i was younger like 8 or 9 i started taking swimming lessons and i got pretty good, people always told me i was really fast, and above average when it come o tecnique and atrength but after a year or so in swimming school got bored d ditched it now im 19 years old and im afraid its too late.
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MIcha
I think that swimming more that 4 days per week can be unhealthy because body and muscles must have time to recover. There have to be resting. At the beginning I had started go to swimming pool almost everyday but I decided to go every second day. I am right not to go everyday? Of course professional swimmers are tough and have developed muscles but for beginners it is not reccommended?
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I think that swimming more that 4 days per week can be unhealthy because body and muscles must have time to recover. There have to be resting. At the beginning I had started go to swimming pool almost everyday but I decided to go every second day. I am right not to go everyday? Of course professional swimmers are tough and have developed muscles but for beginners it is not reccommended?
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Adla
Nice video. My last swimming race was in 2008 and I haven't been swimming since that year (if I don't count in the sea on holidays. I want to try swimming again this year. After 10 years. And I am pretty scared but also excited. Probably won't ever race again but I want to just swim from time to time: ) Maybe I will get to the form where I will be able to race again: )
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Nice video. My last swimming race was in 2008 and I haven't been swimming since that year (if I don't count in the sea on holidays. I want to try swimming again this year. After 10 years. And I am pretty scared but also excited. Probably won't ever race again but I want to just swim from time to time: ) Maybe I will get to the form where I will be able to race again: )
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XxI
I have missed 1 1/2 years of swimming when I used to train weekly. I am hoping to get back into competitive swimming but first I am going to start going along by myself and practicing what I used to be able to do. I am feeling very nervous because swimming is going to be one of my spots for GCSE PE and Im not at the level I used to be! Any tips?
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I have missed 1 1/2 years of swimming when I used to train weekly. I am hoping to get back into competitive swimming but first I am going to start going along by myself and practicing what I used to be able to do. I am feeling very nervous because swimming is going to be one of my spots for GCSE PE and Im not at the level I used to be! Any tips?
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Jacob
I dropped swimming for a couple of years because I joined the military and just didn't have time for it in my schedule for a long time, but now I have time and have even gotten in the water a few times recently and I'm really just struggling with how disappointed I feel in myself for not being at where I was during high school.
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I dropped swimming for a couple of years because I joined the military and just didn't have time for it in my schedule for a long time, but now I have time and have even gotten in the water a few times recently and I'm really just struggling with how disappointed I feel in myself for not being at where I was during high school.
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Yejin
Didnt swim for a year since quarantine and went to the pool today. My arms were hella sore and i was out of breathe while doing the simplest sets. When I came home I had a panic attack thinking about how tired I got from only a 200. Just a reminder you are not alone! Keep trying I believe in you and we are all in this together!
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Didnt swim for a year since quarantine and went to the pool today. My arms were hella sore and i was out of breathe while doing the simplest sets. When I came home I had a panic attack thinking about how tired I got from only a 200. Just a reminder you are not alone! Keep trying I believe in you and we are all in this together!
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EasternEuropean
I was unable to go swimming for 2 years because of the city Im living in and two days ago just started going daily. At first I felt awful and even the chlorine disgusted me but the second day was a bit better. Swimming is for me the best exercise that doesnt cause almost no injueries.
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I was unable to go swimming for 2 years because of the city Im living in and two days ago just started going daily. At first I felt awful and even the chlorine disgusted me but the second day was a bit better. Swimming is for me the best exercise that doesnt cause almost no injueries.
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Jake
I just started swimming for the first time with my aquatics class. First time doing heavy swim. Im a baseball player and a runner and I always get light headed and my thighs kill. I seem like the oddball since I cant swim. I know 0 technique and idk how to not suffer in the water
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I just started swimming for the first time with my aquatics class. First time doing heavy swim. Im a baseball player and a runner and I always get light headed and my thighs kill. I seem like the oddball since I cant swim. I know 0 technique and idk how to not suffer in the water
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Laura
I'm both physically and mentally unprepared. I don't remember how it feels to not be able to breath underwater, and I was a syncro swimmer. I hope to remember that the feeling of being awful is only temporary when I get back to the swimming pool. Thank you guys! Much love!
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I'm both physically and mentally unprepared. I don't remember how it feels to not be able to breath underwater, and I was a syncro swimmer. I hope to remember that the feeling of being awful is only temporary when I get back to the swimming pool. Thank you guys! Much love!
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