Second 30 Day Challenge

[Mike Phillips]

Second 30 Day Challenge


Yesterday, Saturday July 31st, I finished the first 30 day challenge for swimming every morning. This was my first time back into the pool since Covid-19 hit America.

This morning, Sunday August 1st I started a second 30 day challenge. After working out for a month I'm back into pretty good shape. This morning I swam 3 miles - all of it except some kicking was done using hand paddles and doing mixed strokes.

For those that might not be 'swimmers' - doing stroke work with hand paddles is extremely intense and excellent cardio.

Took a little over 2 hours to complete.

 

[Jacob Harrod AutoClean]

Congratulations!!!!

 

[Mike Phillips]

Congratulations!!!!

I meet so guys YOUNGER than me that have bad knees, bad shoulders and bad backs.

I'm thankful to have my health.

 

[Jacob Harrod AutoClean]

I meet so guys YOUNGER than me that have bad knees, bad shoulders and bad backs.

I'm thankful to have my health.

For what I've put my body through it's held up pretty well. Some where I once heard, "The huma body can withstand anything, it's the mind you have to convince."

Keep up the hard work Mike!

 

[Mike Phillips]

Some where I once heard, "The human body can withstand anything, it's the mind you have to convince."

Keep up the hard work Mike!

That's a good quote... I did a search for the author and multiple times I found,

author unknown

I did a mile this morning, all stroke-work pulling with hand paddles. 1 mile is my norm for weekdays. Takes about an hour with a warm-up and warm down.

 

[Mike Phillips]

Day 3

Swam one mile all mixed stroke pulling. Recently found and purchased a vintage pull buoy off eBay. When I originally went looking for one of these for the most part, they are hard to find. Now days most swim workout suppliers offer these hard foam buoys in their place. I bought and tried one of these and hated it, so I left it at the pool for others.

Not sure how old this is but was advertised as "vintage".

One thing for sure, swim workouts are a great way to start your day.