Swim session

Just finished pool session. It was a good one and I really enjoyed it. Got through the session, didn't warm down though because "IT" set in.

Warm Up
4 sets of 50m free, 25m kick

Drills
100m catch up
100m one arm
100m long dog

Main Set
8 sets of 50m (25 steady, 25 steady but with hard kick)
400m free - I timed this and did it in 8:24.70
200m pull - no paddles & concentrating on long, strong strokes
400m pull/paddles - as above

I think I'm getting better with my technique, I'd love to go to a place where they do video analysis and see how I swim. Scary thought :/
If you're reading this Kathy, how am I doing with my swimming?

Well, I'm off to shower this nasty chlorine smell of me and bed. So, todays farewell comes from the tiny Mediterranean archipelago nation of Malta (it's a cluster of islands 7 to be exact) and it is quite simply Sahha.

Here hopefully are some pictures of the ice from yesterdays hail storm.

Snow family in Taupo Ave, Berescourt Park, Cnr Concord Ave & Paterson St - all after the hailstorm. The other 2 were videos of the hailstorm. Top: Farm St and Bottom : Harris St about 10seconds before I had to go fishing for rubbish bags in the middle of the road.

Gym session

Had a really good weights session last night.
5 min warm up on treadmill

Chest & Back workout
D/Bell Bench Press 3x20x40 lb
Incline Bench Press 2x20x70 lb
One Arm D/Bell Row 3x20x40 lb
T Bar Row 2x20x35 kg
Cable Crossovers 2x20x20 kg
Close Grip Lat Pulldowns 2x20x55 lb

20 mins fat burn on treadmill

Was a little reluctant to go to the gym, it was nice and warm in the confines of home by the fire, after working in the ice and knee high puddles chasing rubbish bags and bins I was frozen to the bone. It took a long time to warm up. I'll try and put some photos up on here. Once I got through the warm up however, I was "sweet as".

Swimming tonight, so I'll be back later to report in.

Oh, weight this morning at 6.30.......... 134.80 kg. (Something's working) :)

2 in a row....

Had a really good session at the pools today. Just two of us swimming today though. Paul and myself.



Warm Up

200m free



Drills

100m one arm

100m long dog - all with fins



Main Set

10x 50m free - 15 sec @ 50mtrs ( concentrating on technique / steady pace )

6 x 200m ( 3 x free , 3 x pull / paddles ) - 30 sec @ 200mtrs



Warm Down

200 easy kick with fins

200m free - nice and easy



Total 2500 mtrs.



I actually felt like I could've swum for longer, but am really happy to have reached a first in my training - being, 2.5km. I'm pretty pleased with myself.



Mag phos 8 seems to be doing what it's supposed to, but it is early days yet so we'll just keep on keeping on.



Going to the gym tomorrow, been a little bit lazy with this as of late, so time to buck my ideas up.

Yay! A session without cramp!

Went to the pools today with my darling. I thought I'd finish my session that I didn't finish on Thursday, even if it wasn't what was on the training program on Thursday night.

Warm Up
200m free

Drills
100m one arm
100m catch up
100m long dog - all with fins

Main Set

100m technique
400m pull / paddle

Warm Down

300m free

Total 1300m

I felt alot better after this - had to make up for the dissmal performance of Thursday night and NO CRAMP!!! Looking forward to tomorrows session. I did get some Mag Phos 8 tablets so am on a course of those and we'll see how we go.

So until next time and as they say in Russia : Do svidaniya... (it means Goodbye)

I'm not happy

Went to swim squad training tonight and was just getting into the swing of it all and then it happened. Only this time, it happened in the worst place possible - inside of thighs, yeah that's right plural... thighs. I'm just pissed off right now, so I'm not going to bang on about it. Off to see the homeopath tomorrow. Hopefully some mag phos 8 tissue salts will help.
Going to bed now.

Goodnight.

PS. Only did 700mtrs tonight.... something else for me to be pissed off about.

Swim session last night was really taxing - but do able. Even if it did take me a couple of go's at it.
I got cramp again at the very end of the session but I wasn't going to let that get the better of me. Here's what we did:

200m steady warm up
100m one arm drill,100m long dog drill,100m "duck feet" drill - all with fins
200m easy technique swim
8x 75m as: 25m easy, 25m steady, 25m hard (15secs rest)
400m paddle/pull
300m steady swim
TOTAL: 2000m

Hard means hard -doesn't it? LOL

No gym session tonight. I'm off to save some lives - Late night donations at NZ Blood Service. I do this 4 times a year and if it helps someone out then cool.

So until next time....

Arrivederci

I haven't blogged since last Tuesday after my swim session, so here's my week in review.

Wednesday 29/4
Arm workout at the gym...

Kickbacks 2 x 20 @ 20 lb
Machine Dips 2 x 20 @ 78 kg
D/B Curls 2 x 20 @ 40 lb
Incline Curls 2 x 20 @ 40 lb
Hammer Curls 2 x 20 @ 20 lb
Close Grip Bench 2 x 20 @ 80 lb

I quite enjoyed this workout and was pumped afterwards.

Thursday 30/4

Happy Birthday Vince Lee David! (my step son - 9 today)
We had a birthday tea for Vince Lee, Nan & Pop came over from Huntly and it was cool. Party food!!! YAY!!!
I was absolutely knackered after work so I didn't do any training of any description. In fact had a pretty lazy 3 days training wise Thurs, Fri and Sat.

Sunday 3/5

Swim session with Kathy.

Did 2300 metres today, in what was a fairly hard but excellent session.
I'm really enjoying swimming with the squad and getting a push along with the training.

Here's what we did.

Warm up:
200 free
2 sets of 100 free with 50 kick

Drills:
100 one arm swim
100 catch up drill

Main Set:
6 sets of 100 mtrs - 75 steady, 25 hard. 20 sec rest / 100 mtrs
8 sets of 50 mtrs - kicking. 10 sec rest / 50 mtrs
500 mtrs pull ( pull buoy & paddles )

Warm Down:
100 free

Felt bloody good after that one.

Received a bit of bad news today. Brother Maurice broke a bone in his hand whilst out on a training run. He'll be alright though. He's a tough lad. Hope it gets better quickly brother.

Monday May the 4th... Star Wars day.. You figure it out...

Gym session tonight. chest & back as per last Monday.
Felt a little flat today to be honest, but got through the workout without any hasslehoffs.

Weight as at 6:15 am 136.50kg pretty happy about that.

Until next time... GOODNIGHT