TheStroBro wrote:
So how am I tracking in the pool? To be honest I'm a horrible lap counter once I get past certain stuff. Which is why I wear a watch.
If you go into the workout with a pre-defined set, you just have to break it up into different sections and keep track of those sections. I tend to do it by 100s or 50s for the longer stuff for each part of the workout.
E.g.
Section 1: Warm up
400m swim
8x50m drills/kick/pull
Section 2: Main set
8 x 200m on 3:00
(count by 200s, shouldn't lose track of laps in a 200)
or for a longer set:
1000m swim (count by 100s)
2 x 500m 1 pull, 1 swim (count by 100s)
4x 250m 1-4 progressive (count by 50s)
10x100m CSS (count by 100s)
Warm down
you know what the total meterage should be before you get in the pool, and you only have to keep track within each section.
Not sure if this is addressing your question, but just giving an example.
If your workout just consists of swimming laps straight, I'd recommend you look at changing up your workouts.