Just Do More

I was trying to figure out what makes this time different.  I have tried swimming on my own in the past, but I always falter.  This time I have a theme that has been working very well for me:  Do More.  It is that simple.  I have a baseline plan (a minimum of 3,000 per workout) and I try to do more at every workout.  For example, if I am planning to do 6x75’s kick, when I get to the third or fourth one, I think to myself, “Well, if I do two extra, then this set will be an even 600 instead of the 450.”  Then when I get close to the end I think that I might as well just do two more and make it an even dozen. 

This doesn’t have to go just for extra yards, you can do it for anything.  Let’s say you typically do two dolphin kicks off the wall.  All you have to do is think, “Why don’t I try it with one more?  It is only one more, maybe a ¼ of a second.”  You can take it into other parts of your life too.  I see so many possibilities!

Here is today’s workout, it is dedicated to my husband who persuaded me to go. Thankfully he is very persuasive.

600 warm up

10x125 Free @1:50

1.    25 fast/100 recovery

2.    50 fast/75 recovery

3.    75 fast/50 recovery

4.    100 fast/25 recovery

5.    125 fast

6.    100 fast/25 recovery

7.    75 fast/50 recovery

8.    50 fast/75 recovery

9.    25 fast/100 recovery

10.  125 recovery

4x250 Pull (distance per stroke) ~:15 rest

10x75 kick w/fins @1:10 (alternating flutter & dolphin)

400 cool down

4,000 yards total