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:
As to the "Val Method" of cross-training, yes I don't do any of those activities listed, but could you consider some things I do in the pool as cross-training? For example, almost daily we pull about 1500 with paddles and a tube around our ankles. We also do vertical kicking with our arms over our heads. Cross-training? I never thought I needed to run to be a good swimmer. Besides, I hate to run.
As to the "Val Method" of cross-training, yes I don't do any of those activities listed, but could you consider some things I do in the pool as cross-training? For example, almost daily we pull about 1500 with paddles and a tube around our ankles. We also do vertical kicking with our arms over our heads. Cross-training? I never thought I needed to run to be a good swimmer. Besides, I hate to run.
