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Dogmama
07-22-2012, 11:14 AM
I was absolutely dreading it - being a so-so swimmer. But it was absolutely AWESOME. Found a great coach through a friend and we are sharing him for five lessons. I'll probably do solo lessons afterwards because I'm (gasp) training for my first sprint tri (I'm crazy.)

He taught me how to hold a dowel in front of me & exchange it from hand to hand at the beginning of the strokes. He also cleaned up my stroke, which I guess was pretty erratic and taught me how to push off underwater (not a flip turn - not ready for that yet) and kick until I come up - problem is - I don't come up easily. He said I scissored my legs when I took a breath stroke - something I was totally unaware of.

So, I'm stoked. My homework is 40 laps across a 25 yard pool with 30 seconds recovery in between 3X a week. 40X25 = 1,000 and I never thought I'd be able to do it.

Oh - and he's drop dead cute too. That doesn't hurt!
colby
07-24-2012, 02:07 PM
Very cool! It will be fun to look back on where you started after a few lessons. ;)
Dogmama
07-24-2012, 03:28 PM
I hope so. I've been doing my 40 laps X 25 yard pool and man - it's tough! I get a 30 second rest at each side so the whole thing takes less than an hour and I'm totaled! What a water-weanie I am. I could bike full-out for the same amount of time and be LESS spent.
colby
07-25-2012, 11:35 AM
I hope so. I've been doing my 40 laps X 25 yard pool and man - it's tough! I get a 30 second rest at each side so the whole thing takes less than an hour and I'm totaled! What a water-weanie I am. I could bike full-out for the same amount of time and be LESS spent.

VERY common for swimming! I always feel more tired (and hungry) after swimming.

Your brain is also working hard, which makes you more tired. It gets more autopilot the less you have to think. When I was taking lessons a couple of years ago (and this was before my second or third Ironman, so I'm not new to swimming) I was WAY more tired on lessons where the instructor tried to adjust my form and I really had to think about what I'm doing every step of the way.