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Same set again, as ever. However, I decided that as the entire arm, and particularly the lower arm, generates forward motion in the pull, I’d mentally try to focus on what that part of my arm was doing, rather than … Continue reading →

The same set again, but I had a particularly poor night’s sleep and really didn’t feel as though I had any energy. I managed ten reps before failing on the first set with one more fail before completing it, but … Continue reading →

Same set again today. This time I got to fifteen reps before my first fail in the 50m part of the set. I struggled with the 25s though, and couldn’t even complete ten.

Same set again, and I did somewhat better than the previous time, failing on reps twelve and sixteen. I couldn’t manage many of the 25s though. My arms were just too tired.

Wasn’t really up for swimming today having had a very bad night’s sleep, but I forced myself to attempt a repeat of yesterday’s session anyhow. Sadly it was awful. I first failed on rep six and it didn’t get any … Continue reading →

With the problems I’ve had over the last few months I’ve dropped things back a bit and this is now my current set: 400m f/c warm-up 18 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 90s five minutes rest 18 x … Continue reading →

Last session of the week and I really wasn’t feeling very energetic. It was all a bit of a struggle today. Despite three fails I did better than yesterday however, my first failure coming on rep ten. Another low 38 … Continue reading →

So, a new set for today: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 48.5s, turnaround 75s 200m swim down A tough start, though. For some reason I was feeling tired (too many late nights out in the observatory, … Continue reading →

Same set again today, and I was pleased to be able to complete the full set with a target of 49s once again. In fact I think all but one of the reps were lower than 48 seconds. Sadly I … Continue reading →