Swim thread?
What's a good distance to swim if i'm going to be swimming every 4 days?
>>34842830
Depends on what you want to achieve with swimming and your previous experience. Have you ever swum before and if so for how long?
is there an equivalent of couch to 5K for swimming? My gym has a pool and I'd like to take advantage of it for those sick cardio gains
How good is swimming as cardio, if I wanted to cut?
>>34842830
how far do you need to travel?
>>34842830
>DAT QT on the left
>>34842830
30 minutes
>>34844143
i want to swim a set distance, not a set time
>>34842830
Swimming is bad for your joints
>>34843462
>dat qt behind the whores, on the right
Fixed it for you.
>>34842830
I try swimming a mile. It's exhausting, but you get use to it after a while.
Don't swim a mile if you can't swim a mile.
Depending on lap size, do from 6 - 10 laps if you want to keep it casual.
Find out the length of the pool, and do the math.
Casual: half a mile.
More into it: Mile+
>>34844268
Hey everybody, the catholic priests are visiting 4chan again!
>>34844232
shut up
>>34844230
400m warmup
4x50m drills (one arm drill, catchup drill, finger drag drill, shark fin w/ kickboard drill)
20x100m, 2minute splits
100m cool down
It's about pacing, not so much about distance
>tfw want nothing more than to swim laps and get that lean swimmers body
>tfw never learned how to swim
>tfw live in NYC
>tfw all the community pools are disgusting, and require raffles for a possible chance of getting lessons
>tfw all the colleges charge hundreds of dollars for access to their pools
>>34843405
Here you go, senpai
ruthkazez dot com forwardslash swimming forwardslash ZeroTo1mile dot html
>>34843405
Check the side bar in r/swimming, there is a zero to 1 mile program that I've been following for a few weeks that's pretty good
>gonna do swimming to fulfill PE requirement for uni
How hard is it compared to running, which I hate?
How do I get rid of shoulder/back acne?
>>34844891
chlorine and sunlight gets rid of acne
>>34844901
So, what, walk around shirtless outside until my acne goes away?
>>34844994
Swim laps you cock sock
>>34845034
But the class hasn't started yet, you pancake
How autsitc would it be to use the sauna (not swim) wearing a one piece instead of a bikini?
I swim 4 km 6 days a week after lifting. I'm in the pool about an hour and twenty minutes. Not nearly the kind of workout I would do when I was swimming competitively, but it's gotten me in good shape.
>>34845141
Hi! few things to start off with =] 1. yes I replied to you because you're a female /fit/izen, 'tis an awesome thing to see! 2. I'm Brian. 3. Don't be intimidated, but I'm not a stereotypical guy. If anything, I'll be the one in the kitchen.
>>34845141
post pic
london?????
>>34844395
>Living in NYC
Theres your problem. New York City is fucking disgusting
>>34845172
:^)
>>34845214
Lol... I'm over thinking, just feel super weird working out and putting on a one piece to sit in the sauna when everyone else would be in a bikini.
>>34845422
>living in America
>>34845848
this
>>34845503
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5BL4RNFr58
>>34845848
POST HER FRONT PIC (or name pls)
Can you actually achieve aesthetics by swimming? I'm a lazt cunt with bad ankles who hates sweating, so swimming seems ideal.
>>34846090
Swimming is probably the easiest way to achieve cut/10
It's a constant full body workout.
Specifically though the arms, shoulders, chest, waist, hips, thighs.
All of the noticeable parts of the human body.
>>34846090
If you just swim, the results will not be comparable to those that could be achieved via weightlifting
I personally do not sweat very much while lifting, but I do sweat a lot when running so idk
>>34846144
Any good workour plans for beginners?
>>34846196
Easier for me to just
http://100swimmingworkouts.com/
Let me ask, have you ever seen a fat swimmer?
There is a reason it's called "ottermode"
Note that a mixture of lifting+swimming can reduce gains, however muscle density increases.
You probably won't be able to lift as much as the guy just lifting, but man...
You'll be able to lift a lot more than it looks.
>>34846090
i'm using it to cut. you can get lean from it but you're not going to build mass by doing cardio..
>>34842830
I swam in college. Probably the best thing to do is join a masters club because your technique will be god awful.
If you can't afford it, your best bet is to figure out your pace time.
What I mean by this is if the pool is US standard (25 yards) then swim 2 laps and take your time. Whatever this is, add 10 seconds and round up to the nearest 15 for your interval time. If the pool is 50 meters just take your 1 lap time.
Example you swim 50 yards (2 laps) in 40 seconds, then 1 minute is your interval time.
Using this time, do 10 50 yards on a 1 minute interval.
Doing some math that will be 500 yards in 10 minutes.
If you hit all your intervals (finish every 50 yarder under the minute timer) then try bumping up the yardage or lowering the interval.
This is for beginners. I can't emphasize enough the importance of getting a coach and mastering good technique. It's not like running where if you do it longer you become better at it.
On the college team I swam 6 days a week and had practice twice a day, and I'd say on average we swam 10000 yards a practice and all sets fell into that interval pattern and go something like
5 200 yards on a 2:30 pace
5 200 yards on a 2:20 pace
5 200 yards on a 2:10 pace
10 100 yards on a 1:15 pace
10 100 yards on a 1:10 pace
10 100 yards on a 1:05 pace
20 50 yards on a :30 pace
Technique work, main set, ect...
But you could modify what I just put above and shorten the distances, or lengthen the intervals
Shorter distances are easier to do because you get more recovery.
A good goal to shoot for would be 5000 yards a day. Good luck.
>>34845141
If you aren't swimming then just use a towel
>>34846560
>tfw in shared sauna, just me and a 50ish year old woman with fake tits
>tfw i pop a woody and she sees
>tfw she sucked me off
>>34846560
It's at a fitness centre, so suits are required. It would be this: >>34845477
I'm just really over thinking things.
>>34846708
just wear the one piece, you are worrying about it about a thousand times more than anyone else is. they don't care
I'm a very good swimmer. Would have made it to state in pretty much any other state besides Texas (or Florida & California). In college now, haven't swam since senior year. Has anyone done a swim/lifting routine? I've pretty much been a DYEL skeleton my entire life.
>145lbs
>5'11
I've recently started counting calories, and I've gained 10lbs in about a month.
Basically, I'm trying to decide if I should do ONLY Stronglifts 5x5, or do Stronglifts and swim. Back in my swimming days I was doing between 3,000 and 6,000 yards a day, 5 days a week. However, I don't know much about fitness and am worried that much cardio will negate any gains.
So, I want to hit 160, 165lbs, get some muscle on my arms, shoulders, traps, whatever, but also keep good cardio.
>>34844384
>20x100
fucking boring
>>34847051
>Would have made it to state in pretty much any other state besides Texas (or Florida & California)
>between 3,000 and 6,000 yards a day
that discrepancy
never gonna make it
>>34846502
where did you swim in college?
D2 reporting
>>34847309
And how do you come to that conclusion?
>>34847679
because i competed uil 5a
>>34847828
Then I'm sure you realize that those 3 states are some of the most competitive. I'm sure I missed a few. Our practices generally went up to 8k on average but I always had to leave early for baseball practice. I didn't swim 6k because I sucked and couldn't swim further or faster.
>21.06 on 50 free
>20.14 on 200 free relay
Sure I wouldn't have come close to winning or even placing at state. But competing in Texas I didn't even make it out of Regionals.
>>34847905
I didn't swim further because I couldn't*
I always had to leave for baseball practice, because we switched from morning practices to afternoon for some retarded reason.
>>34847905
anyone can swim a 50
not impressing anyone
>4.29 500
>>34847051
walk on at your uni team
get shredded
I almost made state when I swam my freshman year in high school.
Then my Grandma got cancer and I had to drop out to take care of her.
M-muh gains....
>>34847828
I swam at a 5a school in texas a few years ago and won state in the 100 fly.
>>34847970
I still know my styles after all these years.
>fuck fly lmao
>>34847970
49 second 100 butterfly
>>34847949
>tfw go to literally the only school in the SEC that doesn't have a swim team
My high school natatorium is better than our campus one.
>>34847946
I wasn't trying to impress anyone. Only conveying that I'm a decent swimmer so I can put in a lot of yardage if thats what it takes.
I was only asking for advice on how to juggle or balance swimming and lifting, and if any potential gains would be negated by swimming too much.
>>34846188
Flat
>>34848010
wut school
>>34844387
Muh fetish
>>34848066
Ole Miss
>>34843422
Good for burning calories. 85 cals for 10 minutes of front crawl.
>>34847051
PRs? I was offered several college scholarships for swimming
>>34847319
Where do you swim my fellow fishnig?
>>34848281
Gains
>>34844891
>PE requirement for uni
for what purpose
>>34847319
No where amazing. FAU. Was a d1 school but my times weren't anything spectacular. 4:43 500. 1:43 200.
>>34842830
>dat left
would towel down
>>34845141
Perfectly normal?
>doubt i could catch cardio bunnies while running
>I would never be able to keep up with swim bunnies
You're not getting my gainz you goblinz 8^)
>>34846188
muh dick, would fuck/10
>>34848484
>4848484
nervoussweating.exe
>>34846502
With your intervals, does that mean no rest between intervals? You just bang out 10x50yards at less than 1minute per 50 straight after the other?
>>34849567
usually in competitive swim in between sets you get 1-3(5 at most) minutes break.
I would do 2-5 minutes if you are attempting this. (I would also recommend starting off slower for splits)
>>34849677
Okay, I'm not really understanding, by 'set' do you mean that all ten repetitions of 50 yards is one set, and then rest 2-5 minutes after that?
>>34849816
No what I meant is that say the interval is on a minute and you do the 50 in 45 seconds, then you get 15 seconds rest before the next one. Then at the minute mark you would repeat that 50 on the same 1 minute interval until you did 10 50's total
>>34842830
are swimgirls the ultimate /fit/girls becuase hnnng muh dick brehs
oh my a swim thread!
>>34851349
track girls
swimmers got the best outifts though
>>34845848
Name?
>>34854093
Dont know. Its from a huge set of photos from a 2013 tournament in Italy.
>>34845848
Does she have a spoon in her swimsuit so I can eat out her ass?
>>34851198
Oh right, I understand now. Thanks. Might try something like that at a slower pace next time I'm down at the gym,
>>34846144
> Normal gym is $10/month
> Cheapest gym with pool is $80/month
I love swimming but fuck that
>>34854971
You got a link to the set?
>>34842830
Victoria Arlen is best swimmergirl
>>34858548
>>34858567
>>34858577
Jessica long OK too
>>34857809
Nope lol, but I did saved almost everything. Use some detective skills and try googling the filenames..
>>34859608
>>34859636
>>34859654
>>34859688
Do female swimmers do anything in addition to swimming? Lift? Run?
>>34859752
It depends. Most of the girls I know are more into thriatlon stuff so swimming isnt the only thing they do. I think something about running+swimming+yoga+a bit of gym/crossfit or something aiming to the normie tier.
>>34859608
I've 2 different links to galleries that have images of the event but none of the look anything like the one's you're posting. They're hardly focusing on the girls
>>34859735
I want her to ride my face from morning until night
>>34844549
this is bait
kk former national level swimmer here for small country (4-5 million)
swam 6-7k a session
started off at 3 sessions per week:
tue,thur,sat
built up to 6 (everything but sunday)
everntually started doing sessions in the morning, at my peak right before i quit i was doing 10 sessions a week
sessions took 2 hours, warmup was roughly the first 20/30 mins, 1-2k
it was so fucking fun when i had a good coach, when he left i quit cause replacement coach was absolutely shit at coaching us (he was good at coaching little kids who can barely swim a lap)
