Hi I started swimming two months ago.
I see people swimming (front crawl) non stop for 30 mins - 1 hour and beyond.
Obviously I can only swim 50 metres or 100 on a good day before having to stop.
How do I get from that to being able to swim for half an hour+?
Is it just doing 2 lengths until thats easy, move to 3 lengths, then 4 etc until someday you're just able to go for ages?
Thanks
I don't consider myself a swimmer yet (transitioning from running)
I am interested in long distance swimming, and for now train 3 times a week in the pool, averaging 3km in a little bit more than one hour (yes it's bad...)
I come from a background where I used to train 6 times a week on the track and now I don't know what I should do on the other days, for now I jog, jump rope, conditioning, strength..
I know it's not ideal but I don't know what else I can do, I don't feel like going the pool 6x per week yet.
What do you do when not in the pool ?
I'm 24M and I started swimming a couple of weeks ago and I'm an aspiring triathlete mainly focusing on swimming longer distances, mainly 1500-3000 meters and maybe more than that in the future.
Currently I'm training to build stamina to swim 1000 meters without breaks in a 50m pool, and up until today I was trying to take as few breaths as possible each length and was breathing after 7 strokes, but that ended up with me being gassed every 50 meters.
When I'm watching actual professional swimmers swimming 1500 meters they're breathing every two strokes, so today on my swim I focused on breathing every three strokes, to breathe on both sides, and focused on swimming slower and taking as few breaks as possible and my total time for 1000 meters including breaks dropped from 29-30 minutes to 24 minutes, despite my actual swimming pace going from 2:00/100 meters to 2:20/100.
But is that the way to go when you're still practicing and building stamina to swim longer distances? Or do you build stamina more efficiently if you focus on breathing as little as possible during training?
Anyone have any tips on what goggles to use to minimise pressure around the eyes during long distance swims? Thanks!
Looking for a place to swim for exercise in Percy Priest. Any ideas?
Edit: I have access to a pool, just looking for a natural body of water to swim with friends. I’m also interested in swimming upstream in the Harpeth if anyone knows of anywhere it might be deep enough this time of year. I’m a grown man and will take safety into my own hands.
Hey,
I'm currently working out with breaststroke. My times are around 22 mins for 1km. Not the best but I'm getting there. After around 2.2km my armpits get hurt from rubbing the skin I guess? I wanted to know if that's normal or if im doing something wrong. I learned my technique mostly of youtube but I feel im doing alot right since my swim is flowing well and fast. I'm really terrible at freestyle so I wont be able to really change my style. Unless it would be the only option.
I'm a 22 year old Male and a little over weight. Been swimming for around 1.5 months now. Every day or every other day at least 1 hour. Hope I can get some tips anything is very much appreciated.
I'm not a serious triathlete, only doing aquathon as a mean to cross-train between swimming and running. I'm planning to do marathon swimming seriously and want to train for some long distance (14+ km) in cold water (15 - 18°C) without wetsuit in the coming winter.
However, I also want to have a try in running a half marathon in the same season.
The longest swim distance I've done is 13 km and the longest run distance I've done is 10 km. Is it possible to train for the above at the same time if I have 10 hours a week in total for training?
Trying to get back into swimming at the moment. Today I did 2km in about an hour and am intrested in reasonable milestones of distances/speeds? Going to try and build up speed and/or distances as much as possible.
I'm not a sprinter so 400m or lower wouldn't be personally relevant but but any information would be really helpful in building up a picture.
I'm also going to try to go to the gym to build muscle and lose fat. I'm 18, 5'4 and 65kg.
Is there a specific variation which focuses on both aspects? Any advice on focusing on either or?
Switching from sprint swimming to long distance swimming aiming for open water competitions, any advices on start up training tips
I am DMing Curse of Strahd and my players have found themselves in a bit of a pickle. The last game ended with them being cornered by a pack of werewolves will very likely kill them. They are on a small peninsula in a lake (by Richtens tower if you are familiar with the adventure) and depending on how creative they are, swimming will likely be the best way to escape.
They would have to swim at least a quarter mile across a lake. The water will be fairly calm but cold. And there is an assortment of armor among them, leather all the way to plate.
What kind of athletics checks and how many? What sort of DCs should I be using for level 5 players? Should I take armor into account? It seems silly to let the plate wearer swim just as well, but there are no rules that address it directly.
I'd appreciate any thoughts you guys have!
In March of this year I decided that I needed to exercise more. I was overweight and out of shape. Since then I exercise about 5 times a week and have lost 45 lbs. I moved away from running and now I've been lifting weights. I started to notice that I've started to put on a little bit of weight, and due to the weather I can't really run outside anymore. I swam competitively when I was a freshman but I want to try and get into long distance swimming. Does anybody have any recommendations on workout routines or ways that I can accomplish my goal?
So I wanna swim a ten-mile open water race in August. Right now I'm a distance swimmer on a college team, so I'm not starting fresh by any means.
My issue is the distance -- the most I've done without stopping is two miles. Any advice for training up to that distance/strategy for the race itself?
Hi folks Ex-competitive sprint swimmer here looking to jump into the long distances
Just wondering about application of weight training to Long Distance swimming (1500 - 10000m).
As a kid i spent plenty of time in the gym building stroke power, but i only ever trained for sprint distance(<200m) and specialised in butterfly and i'm just wondering if those same workouts are still applicable for the long distance events or do i need to lower the weight or is there little to be gained within this distance.
I'm not suggesting replacing any swimming with weight training just wondering if it the weights are any addition or are they limited to the sprint distances?
I got a few replies from distance cyclists in the last post I made here. But I'll like to seek out advice from endurance swimmers specifically right now with regards to proper fueling pre-and post, and to help curb post-swim hunger. Currently, I'm swimming about 5 x 3KM a week (7-ish hours or so total) on top of two 14-mile stationary bike hill-climb bike rides and 5 x 5KM walks a week. (Will post more detailed recent schedule if you require it it).
What I'll like to ask (especially from the swimmers perspective), is how do you deal with the following:
(1) Light-headedness after a long swim / and cold usually after 2.5km.
(2) Slight hunger throughout the day (regardless of how much I eat, probably not a keto thing)
(3) Pre-and post recovery options to continue swimming the next day.
For (3), on the advicement of others, I am cutting out a post-workout banana (not keto), and replacing it with 50g pork rinds, 1 string cheese and 6 almonds and isotonic when I feel I need it. Do you think this is adequate? In the long run I'll like to train up to 10KM swims (less regularly) along with 80KM stationary bike rides (about 5 hours each) with the eventual goal of attempting triathlons (another post for another time).
[NSV] Not weight-related, but the best thing Keto has given me in the past month is completely removing all aches and pains in my body. Keto has allowed me to DOUBLE my workout load with the only side-effect being 'low-energy' in the mornings (until I break my fast) and the above-mentioned lightheadness (is that related to BP?). I've stopped tracking my weight at this point (still slowly dropping but I don't care right now) and just rejoice at how good I feel! Fatigued from the long workouts but wow, I feel alive!
If you look at running speed records vs the length of the race, men are about 10% faster at all distances from sprints to marathons: http://i.imgur.com/PvCcI.png
However, when you look at swimming records, as the race gets longer, women get better compared to men. http://i.imgur.com/XqB8meD.png
Why is this?
If I had to hypothesize I would say that women's greater buoyancy allows them to expend less energy on floating and more on swimming, which has benefits over long distance that aren't present in sprints. Is there a rigorous explanation of this phenomenon?
I know that a modified version of the front crawl is used for long distance marathons.
So can anyone describe the most efficient stroke for long-distance swimming? A thorough article would be helpful.
The stroke should work on open water and can be used for survival swimming. It should also have the least energy consumption.
I am doing a 5km open water event on July and can currently swim 1.5 km. Most of the training plans I find suggest doing a few laps using either backstroke or breastroke. My question is, should I spend time practicing these strokes or should I just focus on my freestyle and endurance?
I'm the fastest swimmer in my lane (at my Masters club), until we do 500's. I start the 500 faster than everyone else, but around the 200 yard mark, I start getting passed. I don't even notice myself slowing down, but I must be. Is this a matter of endurance? What kinds of workouts should I do to fix it?
Hey /r/swimming
I've been a competitive swimmer all my life, club swimmer, lifeguard and soon to hopefully join my University team next year (will be my 2nd year). Ever since I started competing I've been a shorter distance swimmer, I specialise in freestyle and backstroke with a place on the relay team in the 4X100.
The time has come for me now that I really want to change up my disciplines, all my strokes are very good however I was wondering if it's possible to make the switch from sprinting to longer distance competitive swimming at a higher level. Obviously in training I can swim for long distances but was just looking to switch up my disciplines in comp swimming. Does anyone have any ideas on training exercises to do?
I swam a mile for the first time two times this week. I wanna go for 2 miles now. Do I have to ease into this, as one might when upping mileage in running? Or are the stresses on my body low enough in the pool that it's not really a worry? Frankly, the most tired thing at the end of the mile was my lungs, not my arms or back or anything.
Hi all, I have been swimming for around 9 months, and have recently been increasing my pool hours a lot.
Wrt hydration, how much roughly do you guys drink for longer practices (5k+ in the pool)? I've been drinking around 1l every couple of kilometres during my long practices but it seems excessive at times (?). Thanks
In the last few years I don't feel like I have been charitable enough so I want to raise money for a cancer/lung charity. I have never really been much of a runner, so swimming the channel seems like the equivalent thing for me to achieve.
It's an ambitious thing to do since as of last night I only just started swimming again after 3 years. But before then, I would swim 3 times a week in pools, non stop I could do 2 and a half miles in one hour. Of course, the real challenge is maintaining my stamina, but is this a good sort of speed for long distance swimming?
