Summer Swim Workout
Now that I’ve started my summer season fitness workout program, the first week or two of the swim workouts are always a bit tough to get into. I’ve been away from water for many months since last fall so my swimming techniques might be a bit rusty, especially in the breathing coordination.
My endurance in both the muscular use during the swimming strokes as well as the cardiovascular fitness may have suffered a bit over the winter but fortunately my spring season fitness workouts helped prepare me when I increased my cardio through my martial arts training.
But nevertheless, the first few pool sessions are always tough so I tend to start with a warmup swim workout consisting of 50 lengths (laps).
Front Crawl – 20 lengths
Butterfly – 10 lengths
Front Crawl – 20 lengths
In previous summers, I did this warmup swim workout for almost 2 weeks before I transitioned into the full workout. But this year, I only had to do my 50 lengths version for a week (3 pool sessions) before I went into my full swim workout of 70 lengths as detailed below.
Front Crawl – 20 lengths
Butterfly – 10 lengths
Front Crawl – 10 lengths
Butterfly – 10 lengths
Front Crawl – 20 lengths
The 70 lengths is a good workout for me both in muscle toning as well as cardiovascular fitness. I’m pretty pleased with this version which takes me about 30 minutes to complete. I’ll do stretching for flexibility afterwards too when I get back home.
This is the pool workout that I will do three times per week all summer long. The other days are for weights and martial arts.
