I've been very consistant with my training since last August, trying to make a big push for Spring Nationals in Indy. I've been swimming 4-5 nights a week 3-3500 yards a practice. Also been doing Crossfit workouts in the AM 3-4 days a week with one of those days working on Olympic lifts. With the Crossfit I have seen a marked improvement in my leg strength especially in the pushoffs from the wall. Lately I've been dealing with a little pain in my shoulders...nothing accute and not any pain through range of motion..more like a dull achy feeling. I've taken care of it with Advil and deep tissue massage every 2-3 weeks so its managed and not getting worse. I decided 2 weeks ago to stop doing straight up swim workouts 5 nites a week and instead alternate between regular swim workouts and just dedicated kick workouts. When i do the kick workouts I still do a solid warmup and the workout is 2-2500 yards of kick sets. i move into the slower lanes of my Masters Group to accomplish this. I seems to be helping with the pain and my kick is already improving big time. Has anyone else tried to do this type of training split???
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If you are experiencing shoulder pain, I suggest seeing a trained professional (PT, MD, etc.) for an evaluation.
Personally, I think you should re-evaluation the CrossFit training, as it may improve strength and decrease Body Fat %, but it may have increased your injury risk (cf. centerofoptimalrestoration.com/.../).
If performing CrossFit, you must ask yourself, is it worth the heightened injury risk and does it translate to swimming?
As far as kicking, if you have shoulder pain, discontinue using a board and consider this protocol (cf. www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../29211.asp).
If you are experiencing shoulder pain, I suggest seeing a trained professional (PT, MD, etc.) for an evaluation.
Personally, I think you should re-evaluation the CrossFit training, as it may improve strength and decrease Body Fat %, but it may have increased your injury risk (cf. centerofoptimalrestoration.com/.../).
If performing CrossFit, you must ask yourself, is it worth the heightened injury risk and does it translate to swimming?
As far as kicking, if you have shoulder pain, discontinue using a board and consider this protocol (cf. www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../29211.asp).
