Adult onset swimmer here. I wanted to share this because I know that a lot of people on here relate to the struggle of overcoming the lack of swimming background. But after 6 years of struggle struggle in the pool. Swimming with masters. Doing gut-busting workouts, and then eventually getting decently fast. But I'd hit a plateau and couldn't figure out how to gain more speed.
So I set out on a quest to learn the hybrid freestyle workout, pretty much modeling Ledecky's stroke style. I started about 6 months ago, but wasn't having very good success until a week ago. It clicked.
For context: Before, it would be a struggle to do 100's on 1:20. I could only do a few, and then I'd fall off the pace. But when it finally clicked, I was coming in on 1:15 comfortably uncomfortable and leaving on 1:20 no problem. Leaving on 1:30 feels like easy pace now... And on 1:35's I could take a nap. It's incredible!
Just had to share because I'm over the moon about this.
So I set out on a quest to learn the hybrid freestyle workout, pretty much modeling Ledecky's stroke style. I started about 6 months ago, but wasn't having very good success until a week ago. It clicked.
For context: Before, it would be a struggle to do 100's on 1:20. I could only do a few, and then I'd fall off the pace. But when it finally clicked, I was coming in on 1:15 comfortably uncomfortable and leaving on 1:20 no problem. Leaving on 1:30 feels like easy pace now... And on 1:35's I could take a nap. It's incredible!
Just had to share because I'm over the moon about this.
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gantaliano: Sep 4, 16 21:20