Hello!
This morning
I hit the pool again for my longest {and hardest} workout yet. I am completely exhausted now, but I keep on hoping that these pool sessions will do the
trick to keep my fitness level up and my tendonitis inflammation down.
{Not the best picture...}
Payton came
with me again and it is so hard for her not to go in the water. A little bribery never hurts, so I
promised some frozen yogurt later if she was a good girl while I was swimming. Worked like a charm!! Fred wants to join us too...
We started out with a pyramid with increasing distances, but increasing
rests. These intervals were not
supposed to be “all-out,” and they were a warm-up for the 5 x 200s that were to
come. The 200s were to get increasingly faster after each one with the same amount of rest.
After the
200s, Jesse had me do a long swim for added distance to the workout. These 16 laps were not timed and I did
them at a comfortable pace.
Finally, we ended with some fast 50s and 25s, each getting faster than
the one before. If you couldn’t
tell, he’s big on those progressive-type intervals and I actually like the
challenge.
Here's the workout:
150 warm up
Pyramid
100y - 1:52.2
{30 sec rest}
125y - 2:22.7
{45 sec rest}
150y -
2:51.3 {1:00 rest}
175y -
3:23.6 {1:15 rest}
5 x 200
{each getting progressively faster at 1:30 rest}
200y -
3:51.6
200y -
3:46.7
200y -
3:42.6
200y -
3:35.5
200y -
3:33.3
2:00 rest
Long swim:
400y (not timed)
2:00 rest
3 x 50 {each getting progressively faster at
1:00 rest}
50y - 48.1
50y - 46.6
50y - 45.5
3 x 25 {each getting progressively faster at
1:00 rest}
25y - 20.5
25y - 21.0
25y - 18.9
100 cool
down
I have to
say, I've definitely surprised myself in the water. As I said before, I never considered myself a “swimmer” and these
sessions are probably the longest I’ve ever done in my life. I can tell that my upper body is
getting stronger and my body is adjusting nicely to these water workouts. I sometimes even find myself looking
forward to them!
Tomorrow, I
may try to run in the morning.
Over the weekend I attempted 2 to 3 miles and it wasn’t good, so I stopped. I’m going to give it another try to see
how it feels. In the evening,
Lauretta and I are hitting Laurel’s Yoga Core Flow class at The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem. I’m definitely looking forward to
that!!
Have a great
day!
Tracy
What a great looking workout. I actually did something very similar to this today, mind you watered down a bit because i was short on time. I tried to hit your times but to no avail.
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