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Originally Posted by M_Six
In cycling, at least, training every day is frowned upon, especially for older folks. Your body needs time to recover and it takes longer as you age. But a "rest" day can include an easy pedal around the neighborhood or in the case of swimming, just some relaxed strokes. One sure sign of over-training is hitting a plateau where you don't improve despite the training effort.
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Thanks. I agree and so does my coach (my brother)! It feels right, for me, to take a rest day from hard interval training in the pool.
I like the idea of an easy run on non-interval days in the pool. I don't have a bicycle with me at the moment, unfortunately.