I leave for boot camp 2008-08-05. I want to become a AST. I swam on the swim team and when season went to wrestling and lost a lot of technique and my stroke was horrible. I went to a club team that was pretty intense we swam total about 4 miles a day in the 1.5 hour session. I had to quit due to the monthly fee. I made my own workout plan and am pretty pleased with it so far. Few questions..


In boot camp do you swim enough so that you don't lose technique?
If no should I incorporate more swimming into my workout?

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1. You're going to get in the pool twice, maybe three times in bootcamp....and you arent going to swim laps.

2. Your work-out seems fine. Dont change a thing.

4 miles in a 1.5 hour swimming session is quite impressive.

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Originally posted by BrettFavre:
4 miles in a 1.5 hour swimming session is quite impressive.

Yeah, it was one of the most intense workouts I have ever done in my whole life. It was full of sprints as well as long distance swimming. Im not sure if anyone up here is familiar with Olympic swimming but ryan lochte was in the same swim club and his dad is one of the coaches at another location of the club. But at 85 dollars a month I can't afford it =[

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Originally posted by RoterHed48:
1. You're going to get in the pool twice, maybe three times in bootcamp....and you arent going to swim laps.

2. Your work-out seems fine. Dont change a thing.

Thats what I was worrying about. I might just add more miles and sets every week so my muscles don't get used to the same routine.

I gained fat in boot, and lost muscle. Do not worry...This what the AN program is for, to get you in shape for school. Every Airman shares your concern. You have at a least 8 months after boot before you go to school. I went to the AN program barley knowing how to swim. I worked my tail off, and I am an AST. If I can do it....you sure can. These types of things can seem like brickwalls that are in your way. Those brickwalls, though you have to climb them, they are there to weed other people. They are for the other folks to get hung on. And for you, they are to remind you how bad you want it. That's what I told myself. Seemed to work for this guy.

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I think your workouts are all over the place. Jack of all trades, master of none. First drop the weights. get a medicine ball and some bands (if you go to a boat these will be easily storable in your locker and they are using this stuff at school right now). I would focus on 2 or 3 things for a 6 week interval. Like doing explosive med ball work, sprints running and in the pool. you can do warm up stuff, and a 1 day a week of Jogging and swimming pace, but everything else is sprints and explosive. The switch to endurance, do bands and the med ball at a moderate speed for high reps, hill runs, and long flat runs, maybe one day of sprints to maintain. same for swimming. then drop the med ball, and do calestntics, maybe focus more on swimming and drop some of the running. Your body cannot do everything all at once. it has a one track mind. So best focus on one thing good, then 5 things crappy. but switch. I am married to a personal trainer/kinseologist. In San Diego we have the only sports med doc in the entire coast guard. They all agree, focus the workouts. and 6 weeks seems to be when the body pleateaus. and 1400 yds of swimming a week is not going to cut it. also, I take it your running on a tread mill. Get off that thing if you can. it's okay sometimes. but treadmills do the work of pulling your planted foot behind you, and you do not push your body forward. This does not really upset your cardio but the accessory muscles in your legs,abs and lower back are getting cheated, and they are the muscles that prevent injury. There are twice as many injuries from runners whom only run on treadmills than runners whom run on the ground.

Thank you for your input. I will try what you said. I will have to wait for my next paycheck for the medicine ball.

Mmm...Just remember it's only an opinion and it's meant to be helpful, not belittle you. hope it all goes well

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Originally posted by mbeard89:
I leave for boot camp 2008-08-05. I want to become a AST. I swam on the swim team and when season went to wrestling and lost a lot of technique and my stroke was horrible. I went to a club team that was pretty intense we swam total about 4 miles a day in the 1.5 hour session. I had to quit due to the monthly fee. I made my own workout plan and am pretty pleased with it so far. Few questions..


In boot camp do you swim enough so that you don't lose technique?
If no should I incorporate more swimming into my workout?

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Ill have to say the same thing, that dog show says. I'm not an AST but Im a fireman out on a 378 getting ready to go to the Airman program. I've listened and watched what Dog show has had to say here over the past 8months since I joined, and he straight forward and you can tell he knows what he is talking about. (Na, props to you Dog Show but I'm not kissing your ***). I was a college swimmer and a swim coach after college. I will say this though, be true to yourself man. I'm not trying to call you out, just dont put your foot in your mouth.

Dream big kid, dont let people bring you down. Everyone on this site will help you, give you good advice and most of all give you confidence going into this. Dont build yourself up to something your not though, because people will find out and thats a hit on your rep.



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