This week, I did much better on amount of yards I did in the pool. On Monday, I did 1250, yards (even though my watch says 1100), I did the extra 150. I ended the workout too soon. My bad, lol. Only problem I had, I did 50 yards of breaststroke, and at the end I was getting a cramp in my right hamstring. I only get cramps because I don't drink enough of water. I did not bring my water bottle by the pool. I have to do that now, because I am swimming for longer times.
On Tuesday I had to rest my hamstring a bit, so I walked up to the library to put books away. Swimming is much harder than walking. Swimming is like running, but with out the stress your leg bones. At my age, running in not a good thing for me right now.
On the second 25 yards, I lost my stroke a bit, and did not use my forearms correctly. I wish I had learned that in High School. I would just use my hands. Your forearms add at lot to your speed. You have to use the stoke correctly. There another thing that I do is, extending the shoulders for every stoke. As you extend you shoulders forward the stoke is longer. Watch the below video see what it looks like.
They way I found out my forearms and shoulders, is because I watch a You Tube video that Fares Ksabti makes. He does a lot of teaching of the right way to swim. He is master swimmer and holds some records for 30+ year old people, mainly breaststroke. Here is the freestyle video:
Hope everyone is doing good! Have a good day.
Glenn
