Did the 1-mile swim today. That is 71 laps of 25 yards each. That is a lot of swimming.
I am quite tired right now. Especially my upper body. Good news is my legs feel fresh and that is great news for my Tri.
Today I focused on my strokes per each lap and breathing. I would try and take a breath every 3 strokes and get some sort of rhythm going. I am going to have to work on this big time. I'd be moving right a long swimming downhill - 1-2-3-4 ...d'oh .... forgot to breath and then I'd have to take a longer one and screw up my rhythm. Practice will hopefully make perfect. I also was able to average about 16 strokes per lap. Quite an improvement from my 25-26 average on day one!
Also got in an Ab Ripper X session before the swim. I used a medicine ball (5lbs) again on the Mason Twists and it is an incredible burn like that! Wish I would have been doing that since day 1.
Tomorrow is going to be a Back & Bicep day and if I have time I might do some Yoga as well.
Thanks for Reading,
Jeff
Nice work on stroking a mile! 16 strokes per lap is decent.
ReplyDeleteI gotta get medicine ball for my ab workouts. I guess I will look for one after my triathlon.
Dude, is this a coincidence or what? I did Mason twists with a medicine ball for the first time as well today, and I will certainly continue doing that. It's a serious burn and getting to 35 reps was a struggle! I'm still feeling it two hours later!
ReplyDeleteI will incorporate more medicine ball moves in my core workouts...and there are tons of them out there! One search on YouTube will do it. It's so much different than holding a 5lb dumbbell too.
Boomer - Thanks man. I did 15 a few times but by the end I was doing 17 and 18 a couple of times too. The good news is my form stayed true most of the swim. Except when I forgot to breath!
ReplyDeleteSteve - that is crazy - the medicine ball was great. At about rep 30 I didn't think I was going to make it to 40! I felt the burn in my abs the entire time in the pool too. I might try it with more weight - like and 8lb on next time!
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