Todd's Tri Turtles - (Beginners, Sprint, 5K, 10K) - CLOSED (Page 10)

Beth, that is very impressive!  I am going to try to make myself two at least two short weight workouts per week from this point forward.  Mostly core stuff, but strength training all the same.

Tracy and Corbert, nice work on the Color Runs! Looks like a lot of fun. There's one on here in Brisbane in a few weeks but I've got other committments so won't be able to go. I really do like the idea of taking my 3 year old daughter and using her as a shield . She'd love it!

Hubbie, kudos on the heavy lifting! As one of the lighter lifters (maxed out on a 35kg squat so far) I can only imagine how much dedication and work it's taken to get to that level.

Rennay, sorry to hear about your hip and your bereavement. Best wishes for the healing, we'll be thinking of you.

I'm pretty happy with my workout this morning, it was nice to get active again after a week of resting my legs. Nothing spectacular, but a comfortable swim with two sets of 330 metres steady freestyle and some breaststroke to break it up.

As I've done lots of internet tri-surfing this week, I tried to incorporate some technique stuff I've been reading about, namely the high-elbow pull. I generally just let my arms drop and go wherever they please on the pull, but it did feel a little more powerful (read: harder work) to be more aware and keep my elbows bent and out to the side more. While I'm happy in the water and I can get from A to B, I always feel I lack power and speed, maybe working on this will help me. Something to think about over the next few weeks.

I don't know if closing your eyes is good practice.  Having your eyes open gives you greater situational awareness than you realize.  Think of it like this, if you close your eyes driving, how long do you think you will stay on the road.  I think the more accurate gauge would be to realize / see how many times you have to correct during your swim.  Glad to see that you were able to get back to the pool. 

Is all well now with the wife?

I am kind of the same way.  My arm strokes are smooth and efficient, but, due to some past unpleasantness, I tend to keep my nose and mouth out of the water a good portion of the time.  I am getting better with practice, and I am also becoming much more comfortable in the water. 

Yes! Yes she does (and I hope she does too).

Okay Turtle Team, why come no one told me participating in races was addictive? Hmm? I thought y'all (Southern for "you all" ) were year to help me out...

Just teasing as I have already signed up for my next race/run. I think I'm addicted to the race bling (bibs, medals, t-shirts)!

I am so sorry.  All the best to his family and to you.

I hear you Corbet, I was just saying that even in an open water swim you will have points of reference, whether it be a buoy, shoreline, tree, flag, you will have points to assist you in sighting and finding as straight of a line as possible.  Also for slow swimmers like us, we never really have a chance to get to far off because we aren't covering enough ground to make a huge difference. LOL

I can't tell you how, but I know there is a Nutrition Tab on the top and bottom of your trainin log, which I know you can input your intake.  I have also seen somehow, where people have in the logs on the top how many calories they took in, and put out via lifestyle and activity.  I am guess that if you go into the weightloss forum someone can help you do it here.  Like I said, I don't know how but have seen it in numerous training logs in BT.

MY FIRST SWIM DAY = KO !

So after at least a couple years since swimming I decided to go the local aquatic center in Flushing Meadow Park. I stopped at Sports Authority and purchased a bathing suit ( Regular Nike type board shorts ) Speedo goggles and swim cap.  Headed out and started some lap swimming and it felt great, but it was kicking my but. I did all in all about maybe 3 laps freestyle and the rest breaststroke and I left feeling fantastic after about 10 laps. BUT as the day went on I started to feel my shoulder bother me ( Rotator Cuff type pain ) and sure enough by the time I was leaving work tonight it was killing me. Im now sitting in bed typing this with an Icy Hot Patch on and praying this doesn't knock me out for a while because Im looking to Run tomorrow, Bike on thursday and back in the pool on Friday. Honestly I have no idea how mad its going to be but it feels pretty bad right now. Anybody know why this would be ? Over did it on the first day ? Poor technique ?

Congrats on a great lap swim! There's nothing quite like the feeling of a good workout. BUT....Yes, it sounds like overdoing it a little. Try leaving the pool out of the training routine for a while, then when it feels good again get back in but be ULTRA cautious with the shoulder. You can still get swim work in (kickboard, water running...think not-shoulder movements) and just build up really slowly. Much better to back off at this stage and not risk a full-on injury.

I use MyFtinessPal to track my food. I've used it since 2011 and I like it! I don't use it to track workouts though as it adds workout calories burned to your daily calorie totals (to me, with this feature you have to do more figuring to ensure a proper deficit for weightloss - not worth the brain power). I keep it do school and have a paper log book for workouts, but liking BT so far. Like Todd said, I think there's a Nutrition feature here that you can use. I haven't but maybe will try it this week.

If you enter your weight and day-to day activity level in the settings (settings-> training log settings-> log defaults) BT will calculate calorie expenditure of your workouts. I don't know how accurate it is, the numbers it comes up with are very different to the same workout on runkeeper and my heart rate monitor (none of them correspond). I don't know how the nutrition log works either, but I'm guessing the best way would be to use a program that works on weight rather than volume. That then means you have to weigh everything you eat...

Hopefully you just tweaked something.  Have you had problems in the past with your Rotator Cuff?  If you have or you now know that it is going to cause you problems or pain then just stick to freesytle.  Then again, depending on your time off maybe anything you did in the pool was going to cause some sort of issue to arise.  Don't jump out of the pool just yet, hopefully in a day or two you will feel fine. Congrats on getting back in and taking the laps you did.

Awesome work! I had my 1st spin class last Tuesday and I enjoyed it as well. I haven't been back due to lack of time and starting my swim training this week. I do feel that I will enjoy riding a bike much more than staying still. I'm going to make an attempt to get to the "Y" and ride a bit and ride some intervals on the stationary bike tomorrow.

I'm also in the process of buying my 1st bike. There is a ton to know and Todd (as well as others in the group) have been a big help by imparting their wisdom.

So, in preparing for actually owning my own bike I am looking for some instruction on bike shifting.

I know that it is mainly learn on the road but I was wondering if anyone had any useful resources I can check out to get some basic technique and tip?