I just came home from my pool workout, and since I had the time and wanted to break up my workday with a good workout I decided to make today my "long" day. I felt good when I got in the water, but I feel even better now: we're talking some serious endorphins for Dolphin Boy here.
There are two key numbers that sum up my experience in the pool tonight.
The first is the number of laps I did.
The second is the number of rests/recoveries between laps.
The second number was 0.
Yep, zilch, zed, zip, zero.
The first number was 48.
48 25-yard laps without a rest in between. 1200 yards. Two-thirds of a mile.
And I feel mahvelous, dude.
It is kind of amazing to me how great this swimming thing is working for me. My conditioning, breathing, and muscle tone are just kicking in at a higher level just about every time I jump in the water, and rather than kicking my rear end with nagging injuries, it makes me feel more limber every day.
That's all. There's pasta and broccoli boiling.
5/19 - 12 laps
5/20 - 14 laps
5/21 - 16 laps
5/26 - 18 laps
5/27 - 20 laps
5/28 - 20 laps
6/1 - 22 laps
6/2 - 22 laps
6/3 - 22 laps
6/5 - 30 laps
6/8 - 24 laps
6/9 - 30-minute jog
6/10 - 24 laps
6/11 - 36 laps (1/2 mile!)
6/15 - 26 laps
6/16 - 48 laps (2/3 mile, no rests)
Tuesday, June 16
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Posted by Steve at 7:31 PM
Labels: fitness, fitness planning, swimming, weight loss, workouts
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I am reading "The China Study". No cancer, heart disease, diabetes or obesity on a whole foods, non-animal plus exercise diet. It is not a short term diet, it is a lifestyle change. I may just go the rest of the way. All I have to do is give up ice cream, sour cream, kefir, butter, cheese, eggs and meat, plus really watching it in a restaurant. It doesn't have to go to zero, just to less than 10% of protein from animals. Side effects are lowering of cholesterol, weight, blood pressure and autoimmune stuff like arthritis and Alzheimer's. Also it doesn't have to be raw either. Eating out is the hard part, especially when traveling.
I'll have to take a look at that, Al. I think that I have made most of the lifestyle change that I want to make in terms of what I take in: I'm not doctrinaire, but in general pretty balanced and healthy, not much processed food, and the only place where I depend too much on animal products is eggs. I'm trying to focus now on rebuilding an exercise regimen with something that doesn't beat me up the way that running used to, and keeping the daily calorie intake in the 2000-2500 range, which works well at my size. But I'm going to look into this, and I need to do more posting about eating choices, supplements, etc. Keep me posted on how this is going for you. Thanks.
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