Newbie here. How important are push-ups for shoulder/arm/back/core strength. I have a morning routine where I do several sets of 20, 30, 40, or 50 for between 150-300 a few days a week. Then swim 1000 yds or more later in the day.
If you are interested in swimming distance events then you are going to need to swim considerably more than 1,000 yards per day.
:hijack: Kirk, in your opinion, what would be the minimum daily (quality) yardage necessary to improve my 1650 race time, if I am training 6 days/wk? In 2013, I put in 434 miles for the year, and 397 miles in 2014. Since having hip surgery in December 2014, I have been topping out at 2,500 yds/day on most days, and I just started maxing out at 3,000 yards on a couple of the days each week to see how I do. Hip soreness won't allow me to push it to 3,500 - 4,000 yards I used to put in when I trained with my coach a couple of the days each week.
High intensity training is still out of the question, because I had a setback in August when I popped the scar tissue in my hip and had to start over from square one. Instead, my "sprints" are not at 100% effort, and I'm training hardest for the events my hip handles the best at this point: distance free and 200 fly.
If you are interested in swimming distance events then you are going to need to swim considerably more than 1,000 yards per day.
:hijack: Kirk, in your opinion, what would be the minimum daily (quality) yardage necessary to improve my 1650 race time, if I am training 6 days/wk? In 2013, I put in 434 miles for the year, and 397 miles in 2014. Since having hip surgery in December 2014, I have been topping out at 2,500 yds/day on most days, and I just started maxing out at 3,000 yards on a couple of the days each week to see how I do. Hip soreness won't allow me to push it to 3,500 - 4,000 yards I used to put in when I trained with my coach a couple of the days each week.
High intensity training is still out of the question, because I had a setback in August when I popped the scar tissue in my hip and had to start over from square one. Instead, my "sprints" are not at 100% effort, and I'm training hardest for the events my hip handles the best at this point: distance free and 200 fly.
