Endless Pool & Day 1 of Strength Training

So, today was finally the day where I started my swim specific strength training.  Up first, however was a 50 minute endless pool session in the morning.  If you recall, during my last endless session, Frank discovered that I wasn't bending my left arm quite soon enough.  Since then, I've made a concentrated effort to make sure I get that early vertical catch and grab as much water as I can earlier on the left side.  While doing another film session, he indicated that my left looked good, but noticed that my right hand was pulling out a tad too soon.  The video revealed that I was pulling it out just before my waist when it should be after.  To help remedy this, we reverted back to the ol' "Thumb Off the Thigh" drill where I was to physically have my thumb touch my thigh every time.

Later that afternoon, it was time to go back to Frank's studio for my strength training.  Here is what we did after 300 skips with a jump rope.  We did 5 sets with a 30 second break between sets:

• 10 sit-ups with hands straight up above my head (streamline position) and the bottoms of my feet touching (legs bent).
• 10 Side Plank bends on each side.  Get into the side plank positing and lower your hips to the ground and then push them up as far as you can.
• 10 abdominal twists with a 10lb medicine ball while sitting on the ground (legs elevated).
• 10 deep squats, with a 10lb medicine ball, facing the wall.  Power up from the squat and throw the medicine ball has high as you can up said wall.
• 10 push-ups.

After that, we did this routine 4x through with no breaks between sets:

• Step-ups with a 10lb medicine ball.  Step up with your right leg and then high knee kick with the left while pressing the medicine ball above your head.  Repeat with the opposite leg.  10x each leg.
• Dead lifts with 95lbs (45lb bar and 2 25lb weights)

I left the studio tired, but feeling good.  I haven't done any type of core routing, weightlifting, or even visited a gym since September 10th ~ 4 1/2 MONTHS ago!  This is definitely gonna leave a mark.