550 lifeguard requirement.?

Tomorrow I am doing the mandatory 550 swim to take a life guarding course. (550 meters, or yards, i forget which). Anyway, I want to know what I should do to prepare. Is it good to eat a lot before doing this? or should I just eat a little bit? or nothing (seeing as its early in the morning). would an energy drink be a bad idea?

My word of advice: relax. (and meters, yards, same thing; just a couple seconds difference)
To prepare do a warm-up–twice as far as what your swimming probably. So 1100. nice and easy.
Stretch.
Eat a big breakfast. And a light-ish lunch. About an hour before you swim eat a granola bar, or just a light snack.
Energy drink=bad idea! No!
Water=good idea! Yes!
Drink a lot tonight, and enough tomorrow so that you’re good but not sick-feeling.

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2 Responses to “550 lifeguard requirement.?”

princess p on January 28th, 2010 at 5:26 pm

don’t eat or drink alot first. take sips of water to hydrate your body because youdon’tt want to get cramp half way through and get a good nights sleep
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☮кiмツ on January 28th, 2010 at 5:41 pm

My word of advice: relax. (and meters, yards, same thing; just a couple seconds difference)
To prepare do a warm-up–twice as far as what your swimming probably. So 1100. nice and easy.
Stretch.
Eat a big breakfast. And a light-ish lunch. About an hour before you swim eat a granola bar, or just a light snack.
Energy drink=bad idea! No!
Water=good idea! Yes!
Drink a lot tonight, and enough tomorrow so that you’re good but not sick-feeling.
References :

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