I'm new to swimming, not new to running. When you start out running you have to be careful about not increasing the workload too quickly because of impact/connective tissue/etc, because you may get injured. I'm wondering if this is the case with swimming?
Last night I did a workout of a 50yd free warmup, 4 sets of , a 50, 6x75, 5x100. That was only the second workout I've ever done (the first was a week ago, basically half the total distance.) I was practicing keeping high elbows, a motion I'm not used to.
Disregarding whether I'm actually capable of swimming 10,000 yards aerobically and "muscularly" at the moment, is there any reason why I should force myself to build up in bits and pieces at a time, rather than do as much as I can?
I ask because up until really just now I was just swimming "naturally," i.e. not focusing on technique. Last week I tried to focus on high elbows and it seemed to make my shoulders hurt.
I ask because up until really just now I was just swimming "naturally," i.e. not focusing on technique. Last week I tried to focus on high elbows and it seemed to make my shoulders hurt.
