On losing fitness while not swimming

mwsmith

Recently, I was away from the pool for several weeks. During that time,
I was able to keep up my high intensity (for me) aerobic work at the gym
without interruption. When I returned recently to the pool, I had lost
almost nothing in terms of speed, maybe one second per hundred over the
2000 meters I normally have time to swim. I'm not talking about being
race fit, mind you, because I'm not doing tapering and sprint work.

But last week I was sick for a few days, some kind of chest infection. I
went back to the pool today and had trouble just finishing my usual
distance. I didn't think I was that sick, so maybe illness is the real
performance killer.

Micheal Artindale

"mwsmith" <nomail@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Recently, I was away from the pool for several weeks. During that time, I
> was able to keep up my high intensity (for me) aerobic work at the gym
> without interruption. When I returned recently to the pool, I had lost
> almost nothing in terms of speed, maybe one second per hundred over the
> 2000 meters I normally have time to swim. I'm not talking about being race
> fit, mind you, because I'm not doing tapering and sprint work.
>
> But last week I was sick for a few days, some kind of chest infection. I
> went back to the pool today and had trouble just finishing my usual
> distance. I didn't think I was that sick, so maybe illness is the real
> performance killer.

Sweeeeet..... my plan of working out some how once a week will be ok

mwsmith

Micheal Artindale wrote:
> "mwsmith" <nomail@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:AamdnduVb4lpraXaRVnygAA@giganews.com...
>> Recently, I was away from the pool for several weeks. During that time, I
>> was able to keep up my high intensity (for me) aerobic work at the gym
>> without interruption. When I returned recently to the pool, I had lost
>> almost nothing in terms of speed, maybe one second per hundred over the
>> 2000 meters I normally have time to swim. I'm not talking about being race
>> fit, mind you, because I'm not doing tapering and sprint work.
>>
>> But last week I was sick for a few days, some kind of chest infection. I
>> went back to the pool today and had trouble just finishing my usual
>> distance. I didn't think I was that sick, so maybe illness is the real
>> performance killer.
>
> Sweeeeet..... my plan of working out some how once a week will be ok

Like I said, while I was out of the pool I continued my daily HI
aerobics, so you should plan on getting on the step machine every day
for a half hour or more. They must have step machines and elliptical
walkers onboard navy ships.

Micheal Artindale

"mwsmith" <nomail@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Micheal Artindale wrote:
>> "mwsmith" <nomail@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:AamdnduVb4lpraXaRVnygAA@giganews.com...
>>> Recently, I was away from the pool for several weeks. During that time,
>>> I was able to keep up my high intensity (for me) aerobic work at the gym
>>> without interruption. When I returned recently to the pool, I had lost
>>> almost nothing in terms of speed, maybe one second per hundred over the
>>> 2000 meters I normally have time to swim. I'm not talking about being
>>> race fit, mind you, because I'm not doing tapering and sprint work.
>>>
>>> But last week I was sick for a few days, some kind of chest infection. I
>>> went back to the pool today and had trouble just finishing my usual
>>> distance. I didn't think I was that sick, so maybe illness is the real
>>> performance killer.
>>
>> Sweeeeet..... my plan of working out some how once a week will be ok
>
> Like I said, while I was out of the pool I continued my daily HI aerobics,
> so you should plan on getting on the step machine every day for a half
> hour or more. They must have step machines and elliptical walkers onboard
> navy ships.

Elipticals, yes...

Micheal