Has anyone ever tried the CrossFit Endurance program? (www.crossfitendurance.com)
I've been doing CrossFit for about a year and just got back into swimming recently. I'm considering giving up my long swim practices for CFE and doing the single sport swim program from their site.
I'd love to hear what anyone thinks about the program, especially if you've ever tried it.
Thanks! :)
In fact, I think it is probably detrimental if you're a distance swimmer. I don't think I could recover properly between workouts and have good practices if I was doing CF every day.
I suspect you distance swimmers could tolerate it better than us sprinters! No way could I swim fast/AFAP efforts doing a WOD every day. And if you can't swim fast in practice because you're broken down ...
Cross training is a tricky endeavor. Every time I cut something out (running, bikram, upper body lifting), I swim faster in practice and at meets. This is not to say I don't think drylands aren't important. I do, and I feel I have a good base of dryland strength after some years of it. It's simply difficult to assess what the perfect mix of swimming and dryland training is for you given your age, focus events and current level of fitness. Full time CrossFit, however, is unlikely to be the answer.
In fact, I think it is probably detrimental if you're a distance swimmer. I don't think I could recover properly between workouts and have good practices if I was doing CF every day.
I suspect you distance swimmers could tolerate it better than us sprinters! No way could I swim fast/AFAP efforts doing a WOD every day. And if you can't swim fast in practice because you're broken down ...
Cross training is a tricky endeavor. Every time I cut something out (running, bikram, upper body lifting), I swim faster in practice and at meets. This is not to say I don't think drylands aren't important. I do, and I feel I have a good base of dryland strength after some years of it. It's simply difficult to assess what the perfect mix of swimming and dryland training is for you given your age, focus events and current level of fitness. Full time CrossFit, however, is unlikely to be the answer.
