Anything more than 1km might be boring swimming in the pool. Unless go w friends.

That's why Open Water is gaining popularity with strong swimmers. SWIMON organise clinics in PD and Putrajaya before their races.

Putrajaya OK mah.. man-made lake. Basically a very big pool.
https://www.malaysiaopenwaterswimming.com/p...-marathon-swim/

Would encourage everyone especially kids to learn how to swim, not only for elderly. It is a basic skill into any watersport. Just like running before football.

Apart from sports, it is also a required skill for careers in shipping, airlines, fisheries, govt agencies eg navy, bomba, customs etc

As Mushigen pointed above, if u swim 18meter laps it would not be a surprise if it doesn't push you beyond the aerobic stage. Something equivalent to jogging a few KM.

More dedicated swimmers might include anaerobic workouts or swim faster eg averaging 50m/min.

A swimmer friend preparing for Pulau Kapas-Marang crossing in June

Congrats on your training consistency.

However, the multiple injuries might point to an over exertion, wrong techniques or simply lack of warm up.

In your training process, how many non-stop warm-up laps do you do before going into aerobic/ anaerobic pace?

Also what is your stretching program after each swim?

Thanks for sharing

Yup, if you FC (frontcrawl) or IM 50M x6-8 laps @ 3min/100M pace should be sufficient warmup.

Other areas you might want to give some attention to is
A. Safety - a lot of accidents happen around the pool area/ bathrooms as it is slippery so need to be careful
B. Nutrition - as you mentioned bananas, also protein, vitamins, minerals for muscular and cardiovascular development
C. Stretching - prevent injuries, avoid DOMS, increase muscle motion range etc. Pretty important.

Have fun!

Your BMI = 22 looks good

Bulky muscles doesn't go well w swimming. Gym time is indeed a good addition to enhance swimming strokes but it is best to do them in the pool say w hand paddles and fins.

To avoid heavy bulky muscles (eg big thighs from leg presses) unrelated to swim techniques, do more repetations w lighter weights.

As usual, safety first. Avoid injuries though stretching and give time for body to rest and repair.

https://news.yahoo.com/swimming-gives-brain...-120258918.html

This post has been edited by dogbert_chew: Jul 31 2022, 07:18 PM