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I'm gonna take up swimming, because my knee is fucked, and I've been un/fit/ as fuck for the past year due to starting an intense office job.
Never swam competitively or anything, so no real idea of how to train myself doing it. Anything like Couch to 5k exist for it?
>>36742493
Starting Swims + GOMAD
>>36742594
I should take the milk just before getting in the pool, right?
>>36742493
Honestly Op, was high school swimmer and the coach never had couch to 5k type deal. The most important part of swimming is form so make sure you are swimming correctly. After your form is decent try and work up your DPS. This means distance per stroke and is the most vital thing in swimming. If you can get 25y or 25m in 18-19 strokes every time then your stroke and kick are decent. But as far as actual swimming goes I'd recommend a basic pattern like this.
1st day- Warm up is 50Y or M swim then 50 y or m k then IM. If your not completely dead at this point try just swimming freestyle until exhaustion.
Day 2. Warm up should just be kicking until you really cant anymore so maybe about 200m. Afterwards try working on breath work. This can be done by trying to do 25 m and only breath x times. Do this a few times and combine it with x strokes per 25m and then freestyle till failure. Do this alternating until you can do day 2 on no breaths and under 16 strokes per 25. Then just ramp up day one's intensity as you go. Hope I helped.
>>36742628
While you are in the pool.
>>36742826
Actually you know what, just pour the milk in the pool
>>36742824
>IM
Do you mean 1 mile?
>>36742860
I just fill my bathtub with milk and violently splash around for 20 minutes and that's my cardio.
>>36742824
Cheers man, I'll try this tomorrow.
Think the pool in my local gym is only 15m or something, but that's fine, just means I'll adjust accordingly.
On the plus side, there's a sauna right next to it, which is breddy good. Much less cool than porn led me to believe though.
>>36742949
Don't forget to drink your milk in the sauna!
http://ruthkazez.com/ZeroTo1mile.html
Thoughts on this?
Seems to be a sort-of equivalent to Couch to 5k
Fuck me, it'll be tough though
>>36742860
actually just swim in milk
>>36743062
i've done this before, but i had a lot of swimming experience beforehand.
honestly OP (and any other noobs in here), swimming is hard for you because your technique is off. you're spending way too much energy inefficiently and that's what makes it hard for you.
learn correct breathing techniques, learn how to move your torso, learn how to kick correctly, and how to do the stroke correctly. it becomes so much easier.
also invest in some jammers (not speedos/thong things) and swim in those. a lot less resistance.
>>36742877
No, it's a medley. Look it up man.
>>36742949
Doubt your pool is 15m Make sure to check tho
>>36743230
>not speedos
MAN UP AND GRAB A SPEEDO YOU HUNK IN THE MAKING
>>36744742
i just said that cuz i know more people are comfortable with jammers, but yeah, if you want then grab the speedo.
i just like jammers more.
>>36742949
>sauna
Has history taught you nothing? Stay the fuck out of the sauna dude
>>36742493
i swim every night-- gotta leave in 10 minutes.
Take some lessons. You can't teach yourself. It's unfortunate, but I've been there only a few years ago.
After you get lessons for a few months, however it's the gift that keeps giving. Passing up all the fucking loser chinks who can only breast stroke.
nothing better than flip turn off the wall and doing 500m sets. I'm not ace but it's really great.
>>36743230
wait-- no speedo? are you fucking kidding me?
one of the best things about swimming is being /fit/ enough (or shameless enough) to wear a speedo.
>>36746976
shit when i say jammers i mean this, i forget the exact term.
also i am not fit enough and not shameless enough to wear a speedo yet. feels bad man
>>36746954
i remember back in high school i was doing swimming regularly with for cardio and my friend wanted to try it out with me.
he's a 10/10, has a great body and was in way better shape than i was and he couldn't keep up.
OP, take lessons from your local pool. for the pool i used to work at they were pretty much year round. there is absolutely no shame in learning proper technique and taking lessons as an adult.
>>36742493
breaststoke is best stroke
pullouts are GOAT
streamline that shit
>>36742824
not OP, but swimming season is coming up anyways. how do i fix my horrible form? I can keep myself above water and swim for a km, but it takes me ages and I just know my form is fucked. I am trying to follow all advice but I still feel like I am doing it wrong / badly.
