Getting my "kicks" in the pool!

Sunset at the Fontana Parks Aquatics Center

    Earlier this afternoon I had a check-up with my doctor. With someone my size, it's always important to follow through on these appointments with your doctor. This visit went well with my doctor noting that my blood pressure and my cholesterol well within the normal healthy ranges. That was definitely some good news!

     The bad news is that he had me get a vaccine in my arm. Let me tell you, that the large needle wasn't painful, it's the vaccine itself that is painful. It made my arm/shoulder movement a bit sore.

     With this soreness, I approached my coach this evening and asked him if we could adjust my workout this evening and make it focused on doing kick sets. They agreed to that, especially seeing as I really need to work on my kicks (except breaststroke, as I have been told I have a strong breaststroke kick), as my shoulders tend to do most of my work in the water.

     The work-out (which I share below) went well. I got to the pool a little late, so I was only able to get in about an hour in the pool. The 60 minutes worked out well, as I was definitely feeling it in my legs as I got out of the pool. I need to talk to my coaches and see if I can get a kick workout into my rotation on a regular basis.

Well, it's off to bed with me. It's been a long day and tomorrow is going to be another long one, but I be attending something really exciting! Details tomorrow!!

Warm-up
300 freestyle
200 breaststroke
100 flutter kick

Set #1
12 x 25 free (sprint to first 15M marker, then easy for rest)

Set #2
8 x 50 breaststroke kick

Set #3
10 x 50 dolphin kick 25yd, backstroke kick 25yd w/fins

Cool-down
75 freestyle
75 breaststroke
50 freestyle

Total yards 2,000 yards

-- the UberClydesdale