Monday, February 18, 2013

Day 20

Swam 33 laps - all but 3 freestyle.

I didn't go lift this weekend, but I did the substitutionary cardio (played a nintendo dancing game for an hour), which made me surprisingly sore.

I continued to swim in lap rather than length increments, and decided to start adding "sprint" segments to the tail end of each lap -- maybe the last 1/3 of a length.  I didn't do it for all of them, but i think i'll work toward that.  Also after each of my slack laps (I do an idle floating on my back lap after 10 freestyles to catch my breath), I did two straight laps (4 lengths) before stopping to rest.  I'm trying to push my body to longer stretches without stopping.

I noticed today that if you use your legs when swimming you can go faster.  I think i've been mostly dragging mine behind me.  Honestly I think i would swim much better with no legs at all, but i figure since i've got them i might as well use them.  During the swim my legs got tired, but i don't feel it now.  Perhaps my swimming will be more full-body a workout than before.

I feel good -- the nintendo soreness remains, but as usual it didn't hinder me while swimming.  I ate like a goat this weekend, and my weight will likely suffer for it, but i can live with that for now.

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