I will be swimming five days a week. I want to use the other two days for complementary non-swimming workouts. I am looking for suggestions. Being that I am out of shape the first thing that comes to mind is weight training. I could see some yoga in there as well.
Or...should I only use one day for a non-swimming workout and rest for one day?
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Since all the strokes are powered by the back muscles, I would consider discontinuing reading whatever crap source you found that article.
I don't think it's crap sources, although I am here to learn. Here's a quote:
As any coach knows, swimming is a great low impact workout, but if an athlete just swims, without doing counteracting physical activity, the body can become misaligned. For example, swimmers generally have overdeveloped their front bodies (backstrokers may suffer from this less) with strong pectorals. This causes the muscles on the back of the body, specifically those that hold the rhomboids or shoulder blades in place, to become relatively weak. This creates the typical hunched-back swimmers’ posture that we are all familiar with.
Here's the source:
www.usms.org/.../articledisplay.php
Wrong?
I don't know. I'm just a newbie trying to learn.
Since all the strokes are powered by the back muscles, I would consider discontinuing reading whatever crap source you found that article.
I don't think it's crap sources, although I am here to learn. Here's a quote:
As any coach knows, swimming is a great low impact workout, but if an athlete just swims, without doing counteracting physical activity, the body can become misaligned. For example, swimmers generally have overdeveloped their front bodies (backstrokers may suffer from this less) with strong pectorals. This causes the muscles on the back of the body, specifically those that hold the rhomboids or shoulder blades in place, to become relatively weak. This creates the typical hunched-back swimmers’ posture that we are all familiar with.
Here's the source:
www.usms.org/.../articledisplay.php
Wrong?
I don't know. I'm just a newbie trying to learn.
