[Aeschylus]

(Original post by sezzasays)
Ah yeah I know, I would hate evening sessions. I always find after school as well I'm just like 'ceebs, want to go home, i'm tired' and going to a pool for training would make me die a little inside. :P

What was worse was doing a 5:45-7:45 session, get to school (which for me started at8:15) absolutely knackered. Then you'd look in the clock when you thought it was nearly midday and it was 10:05 :l

[Ocassus]

(Original post by sezzasays)
Haha, I'm in Australia so probably not a club you know, and no :P
He wants to get into one of the top American colleges, cause he's really smart as well! And then swim there and everything, and then keep training & maybe try to go to the Olympics or something.

What about you? What do you want to do with it?

Commonwealth next year probably. Thats my goal, I think Rio 2016 will be a bit too much for me.

[roh]

(Original post by Ocassus)
Commonwealth next year probably. Thats my goal, I think Rio 2016 will be a bit too much for me.

Did you ever fancy going to America (as a sprinter guessing Auburn) and gunning for Rio?

[jaek13456]

I think that's what put me off. Having to rush home so we aren't late to go swimming lessons then when I got there I was about half out of breath from getting ready XD

[Ocassus]

(Original post by roh)
Did you ever fancy going to America (as a sprinter guessing Auburn) and gunning for Rio?

I've put a lot of thought into it, but then that would be just as I was coming out of Uni. If I'm on a graduate scheme or something I'm stuffed.

[roh]

(Original post by Ocassus)
I've put a lot of thought into it, but then that would be just as I was coming out of Uni. If I'm on a graduate scheme or something I'm stuffed.

Ah yeah, I suppose it's a big commitment to make 4 years out. At least it's not totally blocked off, judging from (Olympic Bronze medallist now!) Louloudis and Marriott Oxford seem pretty open to taking a year out to go to somewhere like L'boro and train for a year.

[Alix23]

(Original post by Nichrome)
I started open water swimming this year. I've done a 1.5k and 3k comp this year and placed reasonably, along with a few triathlons. Hoping to train further for it and do a 10k OW swim next year, I've developed a bit of a taste for them.

I started OW swimming through triathlons, but I quit because I hate running so much
Forgot that I did a 3k at Dorney last year, but I was ill so didn't place well.

Do you mostly train in a pool?I'm trying to work out the best way to train for evemts next year. At the moment I'm not doing any pool or sea training, but I'm swimming in the Thames 3 or 4 times a week, and I sometimes do lake sessions. I do 40 minutes to an hour each time.

[Krish4791]

(Original post by Aeschylus)
What was worse was doing a 5:45-7:45 session, get to school (which for me started at8:15) absolutely knackered. Then you'd look in the clock when you thought it was nearly midday and it was 10:05 :l

I think it's a matter of opinion and how you feel after the session really - I would much prefer your 5:45-7:45am session than my current 8:15 - 10:15pm session the night before because for some reason I feel knackered after a night session! So, how many times do you train a week and what's the approximate duration of each session for you? (Is it about 2 hours?)

[sezzasays]

(Original post by Ocassus)
Commonwealth next year probably. Thats my goal, I think Rio 2016 will be a bit too much for me.

Good luck!

[Krish4791]

(Original post by sezzasays)
Good luck!

Occasus literally dominates this thread Lol - I'm sure he'll do well in the Commonwealth Games!

[StefanieLouise]

Like most people on here I used to swim a lot when I was a kid, mainly because my parents made me go at first but then I really started to enjoy it. Since then though I literally haven't been swimming in years, joined the local pool last month and still haven't been yet (ever so ashamed of myself), so after seeing this I've decided I'm going to force myself down there in a bit.

I guess I'll see where my weaknesses are and such once I get there, and just start working on it I suppose. Plus the Olympics serves as an incredible motivator.

[Nichrome]

(Original post by Alix23)
I started OW swimming through triathlons, but I quit because I hate running so much
Forgot that I did a 3k at Dorney last year, but I was ill so didn't place well.

Do you mostly train in a pool?I'm trying to work out the best way to train for evemts next year. At the moment I'm not doing any pool or sea training, but I'm swimming in the Thames 3 or 4 times a week, and I sometimes do lake sessions. I do 40 minutes to an hour each time.

Haha, fair enough! Mostly, I do two pool swims during the week then one longer OW swim at the weekend in a lake. I try and make one of the pool swims a speed session, but I try and fit in running and cross training as well!

How do you fit in your other stuff? Are you planning to take up on water rowing too?

[The_Goose]

(Original post by xoxAngel_Kxox)
I am hoping to start swimming regularly soon. It's something I enjoyed as a child, but then as I got fatter and fatter I went less and less, mostly due to the fear that if I jumped in, half the water would come out.

But now it's such a good form of exercise that I can't afford to ignore it any longer, so I plan to swim at least once a week at the beginning, hopefully increasing it to more when I get used to it. I'll probably be doing pathetic amount like one length before I get out of breath at the beginning, but fingers crossed I can build that up relatively quickly.

Same here

[sezzasays]

(Original post by Alix23)
I started OW swimming through triathlons, but I quit because I hate running so much
Forgot that I did a 3k at Dorney last year, but I was ill so didn't place well.

Do you mostly train in a pool?I'm trying to work out the best way to train for evemts next year. At the moment I'm not doing any pool or sea training, but I'm swimming in the Thames 3 or 4 times a week, and I sometimes do lake sessions. I do 40 minutes to an hour each time.

What's swimming in the Thames like? I thought it was too dirty for swimming or something. :P

[jaek13456]

I'm gonna sign up for swimming and actually bring my swimming stuff when I do it :P So that way I won't have to make another trip to get my first swim back ^_^ (hopefully)

[Alix23]

(Original post by sezzasays)
What's swimming in the Thames like? I thought it was too dirty for swimming or something. :P

We do it upstream from London, around Cookham, Denham or Maidenhead. It's actually pretty clean round there, and there are some really quiet, beautiful spots.
The current's quite strong at the moment because of all the rain, but it can make for quite a challenging upstream swim!

[Aeschylus]

(Original post by Krish4791)
I think it's a matter of opinion and how you feel after the session really - I would much prefer your 5:45-7:45am session than my current 8:15 - 10:15pm session the night before because for some reason I feel knackered after a night session! So, how many times do you train a week and what's the approximate duration of each session for you? (Is it about 2 hours?)

At the moment I'm at home and not at a club and train about 4-5 hours at my local pool. Back at university we've just got a brand new pool so I'm looking to do 8-12 hours a week next term. My favourite time to train is about 2-4pm. I train for about an hour to an hour and a half at the moment, anything between 4-6km.

Today's threshold set
1000m warm up

1000m technique work that was split into:
10x50 frontcrawl pull trying to get under 10 strokes a length
10x50 alternate frontcrawl/breastroke kick.

Main set
4x200 IM off 3:20
1min rest
2x100 sprints (one fly, one free) off 1:40 Got 1:03 and 57
3 mins rest
4x200 IM off 3:00
1 min rest
2x100 sprints (one fly one free) off 1:25 Got 1:07 (ugh) and 59
3 mins rest
4x200IM off 2:55
1 min rest
2x100 sprints (both frontcrawl) off 1:10. 59 and 1:05

500 swim down.

My aerobic fitness has gone way way down. I think I threw up a lung. Got through two litres of lucozade

[Top Banana]

Hey guys, just started swimming again after a long break and would appreciate some help please. Im looking to improve my cardio, which has gone significantly downhill recently, by training once or twice a week and wanted some help on a routine. Usually I just jump in the pool and do around 30 lengths of a mixture of front and breast, but would like something more challenging and useful. I would describe myself as a fairly good swimmer, and am 6'1, 12 stone and fairly slim if this helps.

Responses would be majorly appreciated

[jaek13456]

Got my swimplan ready for september and here's a brief overview what I want to achieve

Sep 17 - 4 lengths
Sep 19 - 6 lengths
Sep 21 - 8 lengths
Sep 24 - 10 lengths
Sep 26 - 13 lengths
Sep 28 - 16 lengths
Oct 1 - 20 lengths
Oct 3 - 24 lengths
Oct 5 - 28 lengths
Oct 8 - 32 lengths
Oct 10 - 36 lengths
Oct 12 - 40 lengths

Of course as university beckons may have to rearrange the times somewhat but it should stay on target for first two weeks at least (Y)

[Alix23]

(Original post by Nichrome)
Haha, fair enough! Mostly, I do two pool swims during the week then one longer OW swim at the weekend in a lake. I try and make one of the pool swims a speed session, but I try and fit in running and cross training as well!

How do you fit in your other stuff? Are you planning to take up on water rowing too?

During term time I won't be swimming that much, 3-4 hours a week in the pool and 1-2 hours in the river except probably december and january. Then 4 hours cycling and 4 hours rowing adds up to about the amount of swimming I was doing before I've got good at time management