Yeah I was thinking of you when “max” flicked up with 30s rest.
First workout that has used rpes other than easy, moderate and strong.
I was panting like an animal at the end but okay lung-wise to do the reps. Arm strength or form must’ve let me down as I could still turnover up to 77spm but no velocity.
Interesting sidelight on this use of that app where the organisers don’t even publish
a start list in advance.
My lad has entered a meet in Leeds in early Jan and the start lists are now available. From it we can tell that if he pulls out a good performance he might get a bronze medal (maybe even a silver) in the 50 Back. And that’s a “genuine medal”, not like the ones I used to win in Masters swimming when I’d only get a medal due to a lack of decent swimmers in the event !
Anyway, hopefully that will motivate him as he normally doesn’t like doing much backstroke and just goes through the motions !
that’s because they dont know who is starting, around 15% of swimmers are no shows, some drop out of certain events. They literally finalise it during the session “warmup”. They will put a psych list out (usually via the app, sometimes on their website) .
Well he’s 10 and he went 43.25 the other week, which, considering he is small for his age, he doesn’t do much backstroke and, if I’m honest, he doesn’t actually work that hard either, I was astounded by !
So after hardly swimming at all since Wales in 2022, I’d begun to get back into it late summer after trying to resolve a shoulder problem, then they shut the pool for a month for some “work” (aka ripping out the spa pool and tiling it over - no idea why).
Opened back up today. Felt great for 150m, then it started to bite. Still, was happy with a 6:35 400. Not bad all things considered. Still remember the time when thinking getting under 7mins was a tough ask. Whilst my swim specific strength endurance might be woeful, there must be some reasonable retained technique from the prior years of efforts (best ever was 5:45 I think).
Anyway, I’m trying to throw myself back in. Have signed up for the clubs intermediate session on Friday morning. I think this will actually be the first club thing, S, B or R, I have done in 2023!
For the fist time in ages, this week, my swimming has not been shit. Last night’s main set was 4 * 400m with 60s rest intervals - all of my 400’s were 6:30 - 6:45. I was drafting pretty extensively, however, that on its own is positive as it’s the first time I have managed to stay in the draft of the 3 decent swimmers in lane 2 (lane 2 sounds better than slow lane).
Shoulder I dislocated 18 months ago was getting really tired by the end.
We have been working on catch and breathing for the last 3 weeks, and it does seem to have paid off.
I am not claiming a massive breakthrough. In the past I have been faster than this, however, it is the best I have been since dislocating shoulder and rupturing the AC ligament
He’s almost turning to look at the clock before he’s finished
@Matthew_Spooner good to hear I am also the fastest I’ve been since my AC grade 5 dislocation. Before surgey I could feel my shoulder collapse at the end of the stroke!
I think I adapted to the shoulder injury, and my catch got worse, now correcting it, and see improvement in time, but can feel the additional strain on weak shoulder muscles. It’s clear that I need to do some S&C work to build muscle back. At least it’s progress on what has been a pretty poor year for my swim
I think in 5 years someone will break the 20s.
I am also the fastest I’ve been since my AC grade 5 dislocation. Before surgey I could feel my shoulder collapse at the end of the stroke!