swimming fitness plan

Group: General Diet & Nutrition

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 399, Messages: 16719

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abenab Posts: 1 Joined: 2004/12/04	2004/12/04, 04:52 AM I am in the lucky position of having a 25 metre pool at my apartment. At the moment, I would say my level of fitness is intermediate - no probs - and I am currently doing 20-25 lengths 4-5 times a week. Should I concentrate more on the time than the distance and as my goal is fat burning and muscle tone (without bulk), does anyone have advice on changing my program?

princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/12/05, 08:11 AM Swimming can help with cardiovascular fitness and a little muscle tone, but it will be more effective to also include some strength training into your routine. Why not try one of the freetrainer programs?
rusc0042 Posts: 6 Joined: 2004/12/09	2004/12/16, 09:15 AM Being a former swimmer that is trying to get back into it I can try to give you some advice. It is great that you are in the pool 4-5 times a week. The best way to increase your fitness is to increase the distance over the whole workout. Instead of just getting in the pool and swimming 20 laps, break it up. You should try to do about 500m for warm up - break it up as swimming/kicking/pulling. Then put in a long set like 10x100s with 30 seconds rest (if you aren't up for that yet do 50s instead). After your hard set do an easy 100 kick, finish with some easy 50s and then do about a 100-200 meter cool down. I know that this is a bit longer than your 20-25 lengths, but I think it would be a good goal to work up to. Good luck!
roaminggnome Posts: 21 Joined: 2004/06/23	2004/12/21, 07:32 PM I agree with rusc0042. Increasing yours workout would be fantastic, but I would also recomend trying to increase your speed. Try timing yourself. Start with a 500m warm up as sugested, but then while you do the 10x100s try doing it on a set time like 2 minutes. And then rest 2 minutes in after 5 100s. Just a thought.......