Clydesdales/Athenas Tri-N 4 Weightloss Group - OPEN (Page 4)

Originally posted by Gobie Here's a question for you guys. I am planning on trying to take swimming lessons over the winter. I can swim, but not very well. What skills would you recommend I ask the instructor to teach me? Breathing for sure. But are there are other skills? Different strokes? Right now, when swim across the pool, it's kind of like a sustained drowning that's occasionally interrupted by a wall

hey gobie

i am melting too so feel your pain (yes it can get hot in england!!!!!)

as for swimming: i'd get the coach to work on body position in the water so the breathing comes more naturally and the sustained drowning ends! if you are flatter in the water everything works better and you even have to kick less to stay afloat, which is therefore less knackering, and the sustained drowning ends!

IF you are eventually going for open water swimming and have improved your stroke, as the coach to teach you some sighting techniques; this will probably involve a bottle on the pool side. but tbh i'd work on the ending sustained drowning for now

good luck and enjoy!

i got to travel to manchester for work and it rained! i was sooooo happy! good luck getting back to the third rock!

It looks like you are doing great. Now, send me some of that juju. I am still trying to get it all together from my doctor snafu. 7 months of the wrong meds (serum) have kicked my tail. I keep starting over and it gets old. But then, there really isn't much of an alternative, is there?

Wow That is a whole lot of life on your plate all at one time. It looks like things are gonna get tough. Remember to take care of yourself

that's a really good way to get some extra exercise in - well done! i'm just getting back into the swing of things so riding has restarted and the past two days i've done a cheeky extra 3 miles on my road bike after i get home from work on my hybrid - it's been fun! food wise i am just getting my head back in the game but even daring to weight myself yet

and good luck to your ma webfoot!

you got a link for it please?

I may look into that. I have a TRX at home and need to start using it again. It is good because you can increase the intensity pretty much infinitely.

Guess what I did last weekend?

I did a triathlon. A local sprint that is rated as fairly hard. I was near the last, but not the very last. With my lack of training, I am pretty proud of myself.

wicked! well done

good maths!!!!!

yeh i am a bit weird like that! it might be an over the pond thing

No training for me the last 4 days. I live in a 200 + year old house. I am painting the front porch. That involves caulking, 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of paint. It is bead board and old so it sucks up the paint. 2 more days and I''ll be done. (of course I could only paint 3 - 5 hours a day before I seize up, so it is gonna take a while).

Anyone here?

yep! just back from a week's holiday in france, where i got to swim outdoors for 6 of the 7 days. wow! how is the decorating going? you getting fab arm muscles from it? as good as michelle's yet?