Swim Lesson #2

Swim lesson #2 went down this Wednesday. I really wish the breathing was more natural for me. I made considerable stride in my technique...but now I'm thinking so much about breathing properly that my form falls apart at times. 

Nevertheless, it is really great to be able to cross train between weight lifting, swimming, running, and cycling. Because I'm not doing the same thing 4-5 times a week I notice I really look forward to each and every workout. 

We swam Wednesday, lifted on Thursday, and today I'm going to knock out the "home workout" our trainer Shellie gave us. Here is how it goes...

2 x 25 meters catch up drill with pencil (working on arm technique) 

2 x 25 meters:  swim

2 x 25 meters: slide and glide drill with breathing work (position to side and work on getting head in correct position for side breathing)

 2x 25 meters:  swim -incorporating drills into swim

2 x 25 meters: slide and glide with breathing on every 3rd stroke 

2 x 25 meters:  swim drill incorporated

4 x 100 meters: quicker pass while maintaining form swim

1 x 100 meters: cool down swim

TOTAL: 800 yards

Swimming is frustrating because it's unfamiliar...but I love it and I can't wait to get better. 

Food

My food looked pretty typical this week. Eating for me is very much routine. I don't think much about it, I don't look to be entertained by it...I just do it because it's what my body needs. I set up meal and snack "rotations" early in the week. Doing this allows me to put my nutrition on cruise control. If my activity level increases significantly on a particular day...I just increase the quantity of the food I eat (2 chicken breast instead of 1, larger handful of almonds, etc.) 

Here are the meal rotations I used throughout the week...

Breakfast Rotation

1. Wheaties fuel w/ syntha 6 and skim milk w/ V8 Fusion

2. Whole wheat bread, almond butter, agave nectar sandwich w/ banana. 

3. Egg bowl (egg beaters, salsa, avocado, turkey bacon-no nitrate)

Snack Rotation

1. Fage 0% with cranberries

2. Cayenne Almonds, 2% String Cheese, Apple

3. Grapes, Curry Cashews

4. Smoothie King Immune Builder Shake

5. Carob Chips (taste like chocolate chips-60 chips gives you 5 grams of sugar), organic 1% chocolate milk

6. boar's head turkey, gluten free cracks, frank's red hot, banana 

7. Syntha 6 Protein Shake 

Meal Rotation

1. Eating for Life Enchiladas

2. Turkey Sandwich on whole wheat sandwich rounds, romaine lettuce, mustard, frank's red hot, grapes.

3. Chicken breast sandwich (baked chicken breast, frank's red hot WING sauce, romaine lettuce, 1/2 slice of colby jack cheese) squash 

4. Squash, grilled chicken breast with frank's wing sauce, green beans

5. Fuzzy's grilled shrimp corn tortilla taco, no garlic sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro, feta cheese.

6. Thin crust broccoli pizza (steamed broccoli on top of pizza) side of broccoli. 

Have a safe Memorial weekend everybody! 

-Brad