The experts tell us that to loose weight, we need to exercise. I new that and to help motivate myself I'd entered one of the biggest sport events for adults in the world. But it is now only 7 months until the World Masters Games, so I really need to get cracking. I've entered amongst other things the 200 metre butterfly swimming race, not for the feint hearted - But definitely for the crazy - (is that me?)
I must be totally mad, the nearest winter heated pool is at least 35minutes drive away, that is a problem in iteslf, but I am determined to do it.
THE PLAN:
1. To walk (I started out walking 4km) and am now walking 5km every day (that it isn't raining). I heard somewhere that walking is the best exercise for weight loss.
2. To swim. I started out with a very gentle 1km swim and continued in this way for the first 4 weeks. I am now swimming 2-3 times a week and completing 1.5km of medley swimming in the same time I managed 1km in the first month of swimming.
3. Walking to continue walking as above.
4. To gradually increase the distance covered in a swim training session then add in short (25m) bursts at sprint speed for butterfly and freestyle. By May 1 I should be completing 2 to 2.5km each session.
Below is an example of the early swim training sessions I used.
1. 200 metres of breastroke, slowly (warmup)
2. 400 metres alternate laps of the pool - freestyle and breastroke
3. 200 metres: alternate laps breastroke and butterfly
4. 2 minutes stretches - (particularly upper arm and shoulder)
5. 200 metres: very easy laps of freestyle/backstroke and breastroke (cool down)
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