23 replies to this topic

[cornymikey]

Wondering if there are any swimmers like me. What's your workout schedule like and favorite events, times, whatever?

I love 100 back and 100 free, those are my strongest.

[Puppetmaster]

I'm a swimmer. I prefer the 200 back, but hold my own in the 400 IM just fine.

[ToxicS]

I used to be a swimmer; breast stroke was my favorite. I made to to the finals in high school with it at one point.

[luvsmyncis]

I can doggy paddle. Does that count?

[Dazz]

I can't even swim

[Puppetmaster]

I almost made it to D3 nationals this year in the 200 Back and 400 IM. If they had brought as many people as last year, I would have made it. Last year, they invited 21 and I was 25th, this year, I was 20th and they invited 15

[jonahfinn]

I used to be a swimmer; breast stroke was my favorite. I made to to the finals in high school with it at one point.

yay toxic!! My form stroke was breaststroke as well. It was my only stroke where I'd stand a chance at the Australian nationals.
generally, the greater the distance, the better i was.

50m - 30 secs
100m - 1.06
200m - 2.20

Gave up swimming about 4 years back now when I was in my final year of high school
Trained 14 hours a week, basically 2 session per day, 5-7am & 7-9pm,
morning sessions would usually be done in 50m laps, whilst the evening sessions would be done in 25m laps

[SatansCamaro]

I swim on a swim team for a while, but I recently quit because they started charging high rates to swim. I was decent. Got 1st 30% of time, 2nd 60% of time and worse the other 10%

[Tetiel]

Does nobody just enjoy swimming and not time themselves, not try to go quickly, just swim underwater? That's all I ever do, just leisurely push myself against the water and spin. It always feels so nice.

[Kat]

Go back to the kitchen.

Is that all you can come up with?
I've seen much better from you man, you're losing it.



Back to the thread.
I was on my swimming team in high school and loved it, but now I just swim in our backyard pool. There really isn't a great community pool here, there's always kids swarming it.

Edited by Katrinas, 09 June 2011 - 06:13 PM.

[jonahfinn]

Does nobody just enjoy swimming and not time themselves, not try to go quickly, just swim underwater? That's all I ever do, just leisurely push myself against the water and spin. It always feels so nice.

force of habit really, i only time myself at the end of a training session now.
I only do underwaters to train my lung capacity. =p
I don't really enjoy 'swimming for leisure'
I just feel guilty about not pushing myself and being lazy

[Kat]

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Edited by Katrinas, 10 June 2011 - 07:23 AM.

[crtitcmeerca]

I'm a casual swimmer, tend to go to the pool when the sun is strong and i'm in the mood to cool off. I generally do 50 laps each time, a mix between breast stroke and free style. Then after that will just tan abit and chill out at the pool and exercise my eyes.

[cornymikey]

yay toxic!! My form stroke was breaststroke as well. It was my only stroke where I'd stand a chance at the Australian nationals.
generally, the greater the distance, the better i was.

50m - 30 secs
100m - 1.06
200m - 2.20

Gave up swimming about 4 years back now when I was in my final year of high school
Trained 14 hours a week, basically 2 session per day, 5-7am & 7-9pm,
morning sessions would usually be done in 50m laps, whilst the evening sessions would be done in 25m laps

Wow, thats a really intense workout schedule, but why do you only have 30 seconds for the 50 free? I swim about 4 times a week, 90 minutes per practice and my 50m is about a 28, but I really suck for my age (15 years old).

[jonahfinn]

Wow, thats a really intense workout schedule, but why do you only have 30 seconds for the 50 free? I swim about 4 times a week, 90 minutes per practice and my 50m is about a 28, but I really suck for my age (15 years old).

oh, those times were for my breaststroke. The fastest i ever got my 50m freestyle was a high 26. I usually swam 27s though.
Freestyle was my worst stroke after backstroke.

[holaCarlos]

I can doggy paddle. Does that count?

In my books.

[Marukozu]

I just came back to swimming this month, but with work and studies I could only go, 3 times a week

[cornymikey]

oh, those times were for my breaststroke. The fastest i ever got my 50m freestyle was a high 26. I usually swam 27s though.
Freestyle was my worst stroke after backstroke.

hmmm, how old are you? I wanan get 26 on 50 free.
I'm trying to learn the pro dive where u look up before u hit the water.

[jonahfinn]

hmmm, how old are you? I wanan get 26 on 50 free.
I'm trying to learn the pro dive where u look up before u hit the water.

i'm 21, I stopped swimming competitively just before i turned 18.
I was at the peak of my game when I was 16-17.
As for the pro dive, I know what you're talking about but I don't think I can help you there,
I'm able to pull it off sometimes but I don't really think about technique besides to aim up and out when I push off the blocks

[Puppetmaster]

This?

[Lallard]

Does open water swimming count (although it's exclusively just dolphin diving, drafting, and freestyle required)?

[cornymikey]

possibly that, puppetmaster, but it looks like doin a dolphin kick in midair while looking up...cant really explain it well

[Token]

I'm a runner not a swimmer. I'm also half black.


I don't mean to feed the stereotype. It's just true in this case.

[Gen]

I used to swim as an sport, but I never really liked (Plus I always evaded competitions). I like to go to pools and just chill like Tetiel, though... I also like scuba diving, but I dont think it really fits this topic .