Calling all USMS members. Your response to this post will be used to create an article in Swimmer magazine about cross training. What types of training do you most commonly do outside of the pool? How often? What cross training works the best, and what types are the least helpful for swimming? :bliss:
But I am a little surprised that options like basketball, soccer, tennis, golf, and the like aren't included (other than in the "other" category). Surely I am not the only masters swimmer who enjoys doing something as far from swimming as one can get, in my case, tennis...
Cross-training means the exercise is intended to improve or supplement your swimming. If someone claimed they golfed as cross training for swimming, I would recommend they see a psychiatrist.
I'm guessing you play tennis because it's fun, not because you think it's going to help you in the pool. The options in the poll are the most likely means of cross training. Of course running is a component of many sports, so you could make a case for other options, but it's easier to not have 50 poll options.
But I am a little surprised that options like basketball, soccer, tennis, golf, and the like aren't included (other than in the "other" category). Surely I am not the only masters swimmer who enjoys doing something as far from swimming as one can get, in my case, tennis...
Cross-training means the exercise is intended to improve or supplement your swimming. If someone claimed they golfed as cross training for swimming, I would recommend they see a psychiatrist.
I'm guessing you play tennis because it's fun, not because you think it's going to help you in the pool. The options in the poll are the most likely means of cross training. Of course running is a component of many sports, so you could make a case for other options, but it's easier to not have 50 poll options.
