Post by pierinifitness on Jun 21, 2021 14:57:46 GMT
So I bought a summer pass for the town public swimming pool, it's really nice and the $35 I paid for the pass may very well be my best investment for 2021. It's far less than building a pool which, based on talking to a couple people who've done it recently, is about a $65,000 project. A far cry from the $18,000 I spent to have a pool built in 1986.
Anyway, I've gone 5 times thus far and do so primarily for the cooling benefits. I generally go around 1:30 pm or 2:00 pm and stay for a couple hours. Met another old turd there and we've been talking about life.
I generally swim 10 laps (25 meter length) at a leisurely pace, floating and splashing between laps, not concerned about performance or speed but just to enjoy the coolness of the water. Then I get out and relax, some more, maybe for about 15-20 minutes, then repeat. Maybe as time goes on, I'll add additional 10 lap rounds but the goal is to stay cool and not to get in another workout.
What I've noticed since I've been doing this the past week is that my average weekly morning resting heart rate decreased from 49 bpm to 47 bpm. In the last four hours, it ranged from 46 bpm to 165 bpm (this was during an early morning burpees workout.) I'm sure the steady breakfast of burpees I've been doing has contributed but I think the swimming is a new factor. I've paid attention to my resting heart rate over the years and what I've noticed is that I feel best when my resting heart rate is low.
Going swimming today for day #6. I need 18 visits to break even on my $35 investment.
Anyway, I've gone 5 times thus far and do so primarily for the cooling benefits. I generally go around 1:30 pm or 2:00 pm and stay for a couple hours. Met another old turd there and we've been talking about life.
I generally swim 10 laps (25 meter length) at a leisurely pace, floating and splashing between laps, not concerned about performance or speed but just to enjoy the coolness of the water. Then I get out and relax, some more, maybe for about 15-20 minutes, then repeat. Maybe as time goes on, I'll add additional 10 lap rounds but the goal is to stay cool and not to get in another workout.
What I've noticed since I've been doing this the past week is that my average weekly morning resting heart rate decreased from 49 bpm to 47 bpm. In the last four hours, it ranged from 46 bpm to 165 bpm (this was during an early morning burpees workout.) I'm sure the steady breakfast of burpees I've been doing has contributed but I think the swimming is a new factor. I've paid attention to my resting heart rate over the years and what I've noticed is that I feel best when my resting heart rate is low.
Going swimming today for day #6. I need 18 visits to break even on my $35 investment.
