Do You Swim?

I do. I love the water (oceans, rivers, pools, Jacuzzi, bathtubs, but not lakes - yech!). I'm a lazy athlete, so I thought I would pump up my pool time this summer by actually doing some swim workouts. I tried to remember some of the ones my coach made me do as a 'tween/'teen, but I guess my memory is getting more faulty the further away I get from those years. Thank goodness for the internet! Check out swimplan.com for free, customized swimming workouts. All you have to do is register, enter some of your swim stats, your pool length, and click on a few options and it will spit out a swimming program designed to match your needs. I have used a couple of them on and off for the past month as part of my cross-training effort, and I have to say that I feel that I am having a lot more fun with my lap swimming. No boring laps for me anymore! I only have two types of strokes in my repertoire that I use with any regularity. But Swimplan allows you to select strokes, equipment (bands, fins, boards, paddles), pace (slow, beginner, intermediate, master, etc.), and duration of your program. All of the plans include a warm up, build up, core, and warm down component. Depending on the options you choose, your personalized program will also include various intensity levels from easy to aerobic to endurance to sprint. Again, I'm a lazy athlete so none of my programs to date have included a "sprint." LOL! Check it out and build your own personalized swim workout. NAYY -- its just fun!