Just an idea...

biomed32

Hey guys, lurker on this forum and more of a frequenter on the cycling forum and the A/R/T forum. The have a thread based on the number of miles/km swam during the year and see who swims the most during the year. Would anyone here be interested if i started a similar thread in the new year here, maybe get more people interested in the swimming forum??

swimforever

Sounds good to me

Killgore Trout

150.55 KM since Jan 1. A bit disappointing but I was out of action for a whole month due to injury.

mad m

40k+ a week, but swimming nearly 6days a week now since swim season has started, so around 280k since Jan....But who's counting......:p

biomed32

cool, looks like there is some interest in this and come the new year I will have had some sort of a table sorted out so everyone can reccord. Happy swimming!!!

okane1

I'll be on for it.
Might be hard to guess the distance during water polo games, ah sure I'll guess a round figure of 5km

shotgunmcos

okane1 wrote: »

I'll be on for it.
Might be hard to guess the distance during water polo games, ah sure I'll guess a round figure of 5km

Jesus 5k in a water polo match?! Don't you guys just tread water for an hour with the odd sprint down the pool I swim in a lane with a water polo type chap in the mornings though, quite a different style to the "swimmers" in that he tends to swim/bounce on top of the water, very powerful hip and leg drive. But then he is by far the quickest of the bunch too...

Swim table woul be an interesting way to get people posting here. I'd say swimmers are as geeky about their numbers as A/R/T folk

Why wait for the new year? You can copy any table format in edit mode in any forum to kick off

mad m

On average if not all, waterpolo swimmers are in a class of their own. They have to keep there heads up because of the nature of the game, threading water gives them powefull legs, and they need strength in there arms to swing that ball.

They do well in sea swims, but most get a heavy handicap, they sight the bouys well in the sea swims also....

Now could of done with joining a waterpolo club myself....:)

orangebud

i would be up for it im afraid i might be like West ham & get relegated

okane1

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Jesus 5k in a water polo match?! Don't you guys just tread water for an hour with the odd sprint down the pool I swim in a lane with a water polo type chap in the mornings though, quite a different style to the "swimmers" in that he tends to swim/bounce on top of the water, very powerful hip and leg drive. But then he is by far the quickest of the bunch too...

OK maybe not 5km, perhaps 2km pending on the div your in and the style your team plays. I've been playing water polo for 13 odd yrs and came from a competitive swimming background.
Yes different stroke, a more rapid stroke, bust of speed, very strong. When you swim in water polo, you swim as fast as you can, after the swim you tread water with your opposite number leaning (or fighting with you), not much time for rests.

I find the ability to swim with my head up has great benefits in ow. When I sight, my speed wouldn’t drop and I don’t use up much energy

shotgunmcos

2011 Boardsie swim distance log
Name|Distance (km)
Killgore Trout|150.55
mad m|280.00


easy to modify to suit, other metrics or colours etc...

To input just click quote, remove the 'quote' tags, input your data. Table sorts itself so no need to adjust your own position...

okane1

perhaps put it in a separate thread, besides that, looks good

orangebud

so is this to be updated weekly ?
havent a clue how much i have swam this year
aiming to have 400 lengths (25m pool) this week

gottarun

Looks like the A/R/T's are making a move on a forum. We'll be called cuckoos next

mad m

mad m wrote: »

40k+ a week, but swimming nearly 6days a week now since swim season has started, so around 280k since Jan....But who's counting......:p

Oops, I should of said 40k+ a month......Phfff 40k+ a week.....!!!!!:rolleyes:

orangebud

mad m wrote: »

Oops, I should of said 40k+ a month......Phfff 40k+ a week.....!!!!!:rolleyes:

thats sounds a lot better
i was thinking 40k a week i have to up my game

mad m

Can you tell me exactly how to update table, have tried but can't seem to....I've deleted quotes etc then what....

shotgunmcos

I probably make 2-3 swims a week. There is another crowd in the same pool that do 2 a day and 40k a week would be a recover week for them :eek: Hence 40k a week wouldn't be outlandish except they wouldn't be here, they would be either in the pool or resting/eating for the next pool session!

Anyway for the rest of us practicing the anchor stroke I could set a table up on a new thread with instructions how to post etc.. if there was enough interest say minimum 5-10 posters or 1 swim per week required...

True A/R/T is a bit out of shape lately so a few more may migrate

sconhome

I'm on for that. I'll be staying at HIM distance next year and will be focusing on making big improvements on my swim times over the winter months. The only way I seem to do this is through swimming technique sessions in the pool.

Great idea.

okane1

Looks like we have a good few interested in this.
Will we get the ball rolling now or wait for the new year?

I would rather start the list now, either everyone starting from scratch or if you know your mileage, start with what you have done to date?

sconhome

How about a start from scratch from now but split the table for pool / open water swims as part of your total?

Be a tester for the format and will lead to more interest in the new year, maybe.

mad m

okane1 wrote: »

Looks like we have a good few interested in this.
Will we get the ball rolling now or wait for the new year?

I would rather start the list now, either everyone starting from scratch or if you know your mileage, start with what you have done to date?

Yeah I like that idea of starting from scratch, but what about giving everyone a little bit of time, lets say we start recording it at start of next month? or pick a date?

Its up to you's, I'm easy....

orangebud

I have been keeping a record since last week. Their is somthing about putting information into a excel sheet that wants me to do more

orangebud

Michael Phelps Work out schedule

Workout Set


Warm Up:
6x (50 free, 50 side kick, 50 fly drill, 50 pull buoy, 50 im, 50 im)
20x 100 on 1:15 (25 fly-50free-25fly)
500 stroke (50 kick 50 drill)

Main Set:
2000 timed kick stroke
--MP did free with a board and held per 500 (5:48.9-5:47.5-5:46.0-5:39.6)
4x100 IM drill continous

Pulling Set:
10x 200 on 3:00 odd =free (moderate) even=fly (fast)

4 Speed Set:
24x25 fly on :30 (1-ez drill, 1-no breath, 1-sprint)

after practice he did 500 abdominals and stretched

Next Workout

Warm-up:
800 mixer on 10:30
4x150 kick on 2:30 (50 stroke-50free-50stroke)
400 pull with buoy on 5:00 (breathe 3-5-7-9 by 100)
200 stroke on 3:00
10x50 on :45 (2-25kick/25drill 2-25free/25stroke 1-stroke)

Main Set:
4x50 on 1:30
1x50 1:20
1x50 1:10
1x50 1:00
1x50: :50
1x50 :40
1x50 :30

Long Swim Down
100-200-300 pull (lungbusters by quarters)
400 choice kick
300-200-100 IM Drills

This is one crasy dude

shotgunmcos

shotgunmcos wrote: »

2011 Boardsie swim distance log
Name|Distance (km)
Killgore Trout|150.55
mad m|280.00
[..table]
[/QUOTE..]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So when you press quote a window like this will open

Just remove the quote tags at either end
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shotgunmcos wrote: »

[/QUOTE..]

Just change your numbers and submit reply.
You will be left with this before you post.


2011 Boardsie swim distance log
Name|Distance (km)
Killgore Trout|150.55
mad m|280.00
shotgunmcos|00.00
[..table]

Which will look like this table
Just change your numbers and submit reply.


Should end up like this
2011 Boardsie swim distance log
Name|Distance (km)
Killgore Trout|150.55
mad m|280.00
shotgunmcos|00.00




At the moment we have 2 fields
Name
Distance (km)

From the ideas here we could have

Name
Pool kms
OW kms
Total kms

We can just have a play with it for this year and get a system like the SBR Challenge in A/R/T going in 2012?

We can start with an 2011 to date number, I know what Ive done. If you don't you can either start from zero or give a best estimate. Sure put in a million kms if you like but you are only kidding yourself

okane1

2011 Boardsie swim distance log
Name|Distance (km)
Killgore Trout|150.55
mad m|280.00
shotgunmcos|00.00
okane1|00.00

orangebud

Name|Distance (km)
Killgore Trout|150.55
mad m|280.00
shotgunmcos|00.00
orangebud|08.00
[...table]

Nonmonotonic

Orangebud, what you are doing wrong is cut and pasting. There is some code which is only captured if you follow shotgunmcos instructions exactly.

You need to use the quote option on a working table (take okane1's for example) Strip the

tags from each end, modify the numbers and submit reply. The preview will only show what you cut and pasted but the submitted version will run the table code.