Hi everyone
Does anyone know of any dry land core strengthening exercises, mainly to help with my body rotation in freestyle, and my general stroke in butterfly.
Cheers
Andy
I have recently started doing a 30 minute core class at my gym. Its called CXWorx and is pretty intense. This is in addition to the yoga and other core speciffic work I do as a part of my drylands/strength training work.
I do yoga most weeks, for about 90 minutes. It depends on when I go but it is Ashtanga or Vinyasa. It took me a while to be convinced that it was worth forgoing a swim session for (it still might not be for performance, but for my general health and wellbeing I think it is) and it doesn't work any specific muscles that intensely, so you can be fooled into thinking it's not a workout, but I really value it now. I gain both in flexibility and core strength, though the flexibility focuses much more on legs and hips than shoulders.
Hanging leg raises give me the most bang for my time:
Hanging Leg Raises - YouTube
I do those, but I bring my feet all the way up to the bar I'm hanging on. Gives a little added fun to the exercise too! And makes the BIG :roids: GUYS look at you and say "Wow". :bow:
Thanks to everyone for sharing their ideas and workout routines. It has been helpful to me as I work my way back into shape. I'm doing about ten minutes a day of this stuff every day and it is making a difference.
