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:
The very legitimate option "none of the above" is not a choice on the poll!
Laura Val: "I don't cross-train, I don't do weights, I don't run, or anything like that ..."+1 for that ... at least not on a weekly basis. I can carve out about 5-7 training hours a week of total training time, with maybe a peak around 9 hours. At that level of training, swimming is the only thing I can and should do consistently to be able to be a faster swimmer. I'd love to do more core work and would like to experiment with weightlifting, but I just can't be consistent about those.
The very legitimate option "none of the above" is not a choice on the poll!
Laura Val: "I don't cross-train, I don't do weights, I don't run, or anything like that ..."+1 for that ... at least not on a weekly basis. I can carve out about 5-7 training hours a week of total training time, with maybe a peak around 9 hours. At that level of training, swimming is the only thing I can and should do consistently to be able to be a faster swimmer. I'd love to do more core work and would like to experiment with weightlifting, but I just can't be consistent about those.
