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I'm hoping all this swimming also allows me to preserve my aerobic fitness -- does anybody have any experience with this? Or pool workouts to recommend?
I've swum my way through several stress fractures, with the result that when I could run again I had all kinds of cardio that my leg muscles couldn't keep up with.
I'm not sure what your swim experience is, so let me know if you need more detail here. These are my go-to's:
20 x 100 on an interval that gives you 5-10 sec rest
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5-6 x 100 as fast as you can... do 50 to 100 easy between each of either very easy swimming or kicking (I often do breaststroke kick on my back)
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6-8 x 300 odds easy, evens fast (you could also do 200s)
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5 x 400 descend 1-3 (that means #2 is faster than #1 and #3, 4, 5 are about the same pace, all faster than #2)
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4 x 50
4 x 100
4 x 150
4 x 100
4 x 50
maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD