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lindy
TN
Member Since:
07/27/2004 Total Posts: 97
6.6 Years Ago
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any suggestions on lap counters?
lost count today on laps and got discouraged
swimming three or four strokes just a get a mile at a time in the water and enjoying it this new exercise
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Jim
CA
Member Since:
08/27/2005 Total Posts: 640
6.6 Years Ago
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Jason has some good suggestions.
I also use a pool bouy to count. I look at the cracks in the pavement, and I flip the bouy over and count how many times it flips before I get to the next crack, line, or whatever.
So at my pool. it flips 8 times. So every 100, I flip it over, and then do the same back. Total of 1600 by the time I am done. I find this really helps.
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Sandy
CA
Member Since:
08/12/2005 Total Posts: 14
6.6 Years Ago
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I use one faithfully since I can not remember how many laps I swim. I swim masters and on my own. I use the kind by Sportscount- lap counter timer. It goes on my first finger and I tap it when I am at the far end of the pool, while I flip turn. It also has elapsed time of my workout. It will tell you fastest lap, etc. but all I use it for is for the total yards so I can enter it on Fitness Journal. So, if the count on my watch at the end of my swim is 62, I multiply that by 50 to get 3100 and my swim was 3100 yards. (Up and back in my pool is 50 yards). You can get them for about $20 at tri shops or online.
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Michelle
WA
Member Since:
06/20/2007 Total Posts: 60
6.6 Years Ago
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I read somewhere to use the alphabet to keep track and I do find it easier to keep count that way. So I will use animals from A to Z. |
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Jim
CA
Member Since:
08/27/2005 Total Posts: 640
6.6 Years Ago
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Ok - I am starting to laugh a bit from these responses. Also, the lazy side of me is taking over.
The next time you see my FJ swim entry there may be 30 x 50 yard entries on the same day.
I now plan to swim 50, jump out, run to the locker room, pull out my lap top and log it, before I forget it. I also plan to log the distance from the locker to the pool.
Chris - New motto for the back of your swim shorts. "Log it, before you forget it".
Sorry, just having some fun... :oP
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Beverly
MO
Member Since:
05/31/2005 Total Posts: 1509
6.6 Years Ago
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I have the ring/finger lap counter from swimoutlet.com. Tis good and they were very, very helpful in answering my questions. |
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lindy
TN
Member Since:
07/27/2004 Total Posts: 97
6.6 Years Ago
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Thanks for all the possibilities. It feels great to know it is a common problem.
Lots to learn here but loving it...so think there is plenty of time to learn. |
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Michelle
WA
Member Since:
06/20/2007 Total Posts: 60
6.3 Years Ago
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Hi Shawn,
That's a beautiful pool you work at. I moved from Rochester Hills shortly after that facility was built, please don't tell me there is a wonderful masters program there now. Congrats on your weight loss. Question for you, I read to keep a high elbow, does that mean my arm should be like a 90 degree angle under water? You can message me, I should have my sharing on. Thanks for any help you can give me. |
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Tom
mn
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12/30/2019 Total Posts: 1
2.4 Years Ago
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I think of famous athletes to correspond with the lap - 10=Fran Tarkington, 11= Joe Kapp, 12= Joe Namath, 13=dan Marino, 14= Kent Hrbeck etc. When I drift off it seems easier to recall that I was on my Michael Jordan lap than #23. |
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