Hello,
I am a 54 year old fitness swimmer and have started doing some basic underwater training. I never swam on any team of any kind and did not learn how to swim properly until my mid to late 30s.
I swim in a 25 meter pool and have begun adding what I think are very safe and reasonable underwater sets but as a beginner I am a bit confused and scared by all the information I am now looking at and I can't tell if I am courting disaster or doing something pretty safe.
I swim either 1,000 or 1,500 meters broken up into sets of 200 + 50 meters. Each 200 set is standard freestyle or a related drill (pull buoy, fins...the basics). Each set of 200 takes me roughly 6 minutes.
After each 200, I do 4 X 12.5 meters underwater sets. These sets take me at least 3 if not 4 minutes. I rest alot between the sets. The first set of underwaters are usually the hardest, I get a bit tingly in my shoulders and often pop due to fear during the first 12.5 X 4 and sometimes during the second. Then they get pretty easy and I usually have air to spare at the end of each set.
For a seasoned freediver this seems safe but what about a real novice in his mid-fifties? There are no worthwhile lifeguards at my pool.
Thank you in advance for any advice.
I am a 54 year old fitness swimmer and have started doing some basic underwater training. I never swam on any team of any kind and did not learn how to swim properly until my mid to late 30s.
I swim in a 25 meter pool and have begun adding what I think are very safe and reasonable underwater sets but as a beginner I am a bit confused and scared by all the information I am now looking at and I can't tell if I am courting disaster or doing something pretty safe.
I swim either 1,000 or 1,500 meters broken up into sets of 200 + 50 meters. Each 200 set is standard freestyle or a related drill (pull buoy, fins...the basics). Each set of 200 takes me roughly 6 minutes.
After each 200, I do 4 X 12.5 meters underwater sets. These sets take me at least 3 if not 4 minutes. I rest alot between the sets. The first set of underwaters are usually the hardest, I get a bit tingly in my shoulders and often pop due to fear during the first 12.5 X 4 and sometimes during the second. Then they get pretty easy and I usually have air to spare at the end of each set.
For a seasoned freediver this seems safe but what about a real novice in his mid-fifties? There are no worthwhile lifeguards at my pool.
Thank you in advance for any advice.