Have been scouring the interwebs and this seems to be the most common bit of jargon describing what I need to work on. Press your sternum down they say. Press it with what I ask.
In principle it makes lots of sense and I'm sure I'll get there eventually. For now I am just trying to reinforce the improvement in breathing. It is making it possible for me to swim 2x as far in each workout and come out feeling much fresher than I used to. Good things are already happening to my rotation and my pull. Woo.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
What does it mean if?
So, what does it tell me if I can swim twice as fast with a pull buoy than without, and with less effort to boot?
Today's workout was a revelation even before experiencing the above. I finally was able to exhale a steady constant flow of air between breaths without any hitches or tenseness. It felt so much better. The sensation of holding my breath or being short of air was completely gone. Even without the pull buoy I was able to swim much better and didn't feel like I was burning energy too fast to keep up.
Off to the interwebs now to figure out how to get my lower body up with better technique.
Oh, the combination of the better breathing and the buoy also allowed me to finally be able to focus on better rotation, which is probably where a lot of the "free" speed came from. Glide per stroke was so much better it was ridiculous.
Today's workout was a revelation even before experiencing the above. I finally was able to exhale a steady constant flow of air between breaths without any hitches or tenseness. It felt so much better. The sensation of holding my breath or being short of air was completely gone. Even without the pull buoy I was able to swim much better and didn't feel like I was burning energy too fast to keep up.
Off to the interwebs now to figure out how to get my lower body up with better technique.
Oh, the combination of the better breathing and the buoy also allowed me to finally be able to focus on better rotation, which is probably where a lot of the "free" speed came from. Glide per stroke was so much better it was ridiculous.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The best laid plan
Hanging on the wall next to my desk is an 8.5x11 scrap of paper with a rough plan that should put me in place to have some success in the Tri for Fun in June. The main focus is on two things. One, ramping up swimming volume a lot with a goal of increasing competence there, and making it so I can come out of the water without having taxed myself too bad just to complete the swim. Two, bringing up the overall volume so that a ~70 minute high intensity effort is routine.
Overall volume will not grow too much week over week, but in the next 5 months it will be up noticeably overall, hopefully without taking too much of a bite out of the rest of my life. Past experience says that if I can fit it in without stressing about scheduling, I'll feel a lot better day to day.
Overall volume will not grow too much week over week, but in the next 5 months it will be up noticeably overall, hopefully without taking too much of a bite out of the rest of my life. Past experience says that if I can fit it in without stressing about scheduling, I'll feel a lot better day to day.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Longer days can't be back too soon.
Got home early enough to run before dark. Very convenient, that.
The Garmin's battery was dead because it is my only PC dependent device anymore. Gonna have to get some kind of Mac sync capability.
The Garmin's battery was dead because it is my only PC dependent device anymore. Gonna have to get some kind of Mac sync capability.
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