To get into shape and get back muscle tone in your whole body.
You workout on a regular basis and this gives a good balance to your life; This time, you chose swimming in order to stay in shape, maintain your muscle tone and your cardio-vascular capacities.This program includes 3 sessions per week for 10 weeks.Each session alternates active sequences with short passive recovery sequences.The sessions are 40 minutes to 1 hour long.By the end of the program, you will be able to give yourself new aims and take advantage of all the progress you've made.
The first thing you need to do is get the right gear: comfortable swimwear, good fitting goggles, swim fins, swim paddles and/or aquatic gloves well adjusted to your size, an elastic and possibly a training board and a pull buoy (these last two items you can easily find by the swimming pools). For this swimming material, ask a professional for assistance on what to get.This program is geared towards working on your muscles so while you listen to the coach's advices, also concentrate on your muscles and on the technique needed for these exercises.As with all physical activities, small warm up exercises are recommended before you start training and stretching exercices are recommended after you're done training.Don't forget to drink in order to optimize your recovery.Breathing is very important when swimming and depends on the pace at which you're swimming; Make sure you breath out (exhale) deeply and completely in the water, before breathing in (inhale), so as to optimize your comfort and your muscle relaxation.Don't forget to put a fruit or a cereal bar in your bag in case you get a little hungryIdeally, try to workout on Tuesday or Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday.Good luck.
