I'm finally starting to enjoy my swimming training - its only taken me about 10 months to get to this stage. I'm actually going to swim squad now and for some reason I'm looking forward to it!
Its not that I havent liked swimming - I love the water however swimming a mear 2 ks isnt as easy as it sounds - especially when you havent swam for 15 years +.
So to all you out there that have the little demon in your head saying .... DONT SWIM ANYMORE or THATS ENOUGH ..... tell the demon to go and get ....... well you know where I'm heading with that !!
I wanted to let you all know that yes it does get easier and yes you will start to become fun just like Mag trainer sessions and those long Saturday sessions that we do.
Personally, I'm finding that my new friend Mr Paddles have been a great help in building up my shoulder and chest strength.
As mentioned in my previous blog, my mate Komo has been a great help in picking up many of my flaws in this swimming caper - So the suggestion once again is to work with a mate as you will both help out each other regardless of your ability. You wont wake up in the morning and hit the snooze button because you have committed to helping out your mate- and yes it will be easier as we dont like to let our mates down.
I keep reminding myself that you need a minimum of 20,000 repartitions to create memory routine. Based on 40 strokes per 50 mtr pool, you only need 500 Ks before your arms know what the hell is going on!
Caff
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Caff,
Mr Paddles sounds like one of Mr Garrison's hand puppet creations from South Park ;)
Glad to hear you are becoming waterproof. Have not been in the water for 3 weeks now, for some reason the band "not drowning waving" springs to mind.
Gee - only 500 clicks, if you went to squad for say 3 sessions per week you'd average maybe 10km, so, 50 weeks to get it right. OUCH!
Over and out
Komo
When you do the math Komo, it makes sense why a year to make significant changes to your stroke is what most articles talk about. It kinda makes you think about the times you zone out and don't focus on technique and what they are doing to your repartition goal!
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