I’m Australian and grew up swimming in both the pool and ocean. I have good stroke technique as I took lessons all through my childhood and teens and am now a primary school swim instructor who had to regularly undergo assessment of my own swimming strokes to stay employed, reasonable endurance and am confident in open water. I swim laps regularly but this year, I am looking to start taking swimming more seriously as exercise and potentially train for an open water swimming event next year. I have enough space in my schedule to swim 3/4 times a week probably 3 in a pool and once in the ocean, and was looking for advice on developing a good exercise regime to use this time effectively. I have only ever swam freestyle laps before in my own time, usually about a 1 km per session; I own but have never trained with equipment ( i have a snorkel, fins and kick boards but have never used them for swimming training), have never done drills/ technique work by myself etc. What would you suggest for a competent swimmer but absolute beginner to more serious training?
Thanks in advance!!
Edited to add: this is purely recreational and I am currently not open to taking lessons or paying for a training program as that is way outside my financial abilities at the moment. I am training to stay fit and get back into doing something I enjoy but haven’t done for a few years, not become the best possible swimmer or swim competitively. I’m asking from a perspective of having taken lessons through my teen years but never swimming without being directly told what to do before
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