Teaching Myself to Swim

As I have mentioned, I am not a good swimmer. Bought and started reading Emmett Hines Fitness Swimming as way to see if I could move forward from my usual thrashing about. Hines starts with Static Balance drills which really felt helpful.

The workout:
2x25 FB on :20R
2x25 BB on :20R
4x25 on :15RMax---Alt 25FB / 25BB

2x25 SGB on :20R
4x25 on :15RMax alternating FB/SGB/BB/SGB
2x25 Swim on :20R

2x25 SGB on :15R
4x25 on :15RMax alternating FB/SGB/BB/SGB
2x25 Swim on :20R

Took maybe 1/2 hour, but the two swims in these drills felt completely different than the laps I did on the 15T last week. Actually felt like I was swimming at times.

I am sure I will grow impatient with the pace, but this morning really inspired some confidence about my ability to swim more seriously and the pace of these drills may be fine since I will be doing them on my 'off' days and later as an add-on to one of my run/bike days.