Last night I made my triumphant return to Team Fight swim practice.
(Yes, once again, I’m fundraising for the Ulman Cancer Fund, and would love your donations.)
It was less triumphant as I would have liked. Apparently, taking 5-6 months off from swimming isn’t all that good for you. On the positive side, my form still appears to be pretty decent. On the negative side, my shoulders don’t work today.
But we had a great workout that Coach told us to save, so I’m saving it by posting it here. It’s a pretty basic ladder workout, but for you newbies hunting for swim workouts, give it a shot.
400 warmup
Main Set – SPRINTS!
3x (25, 50, 75, 100, 100, 75, 50, 25, 100 kick) 10 seconds rest between each interval, 60 seconds rest after each set
200 cooldown
Pretty simple, right? I like shorter sets because I don’t lose count. Counting is hard when I’m swimming, which is why I like to use some sort of an interval counter while I swim. I’m sure you experienced swimmers are laughing at me right now, but I can forget which lap I’m in within 20 seconds of starting that lap. It’s terrible.
While I consider myself a very solo exerciser, swimming is where I love having people around. (Which is good, because I don’t own a pool, I guess.) But not just people, but people I know. I’m not sure what it is, because it’s not like we’re competing or anything. Maybe it’s because swim is the toughest workout for me mentally, so it’s motivating to know that others are waiting for me at the pool (they’re not) so I have to show up.