I run and swim for fitness, competing in both sports. I'm a better swimmer than runner, so have been focussing more on running lately (especially as our small pool does not offer many masters or lengths only times). Many people have told me that running has a negative effect on swimming for various reasons:
1. running makes your ankles inflexible
2. running makes you lose muscle mass
3. running emphasizes quad muscles too much, which will throw swimming strokes off
Is there any truth to the above? Can running complement swimming?
Any thoughts or info on running and swimming would be appreciated.
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Whenever one is injured from running I advise get their butt in the pool. Running will assist swimming asfar as overall endurance however it does take away from the muscle mass as earlier posted.
Benifits of doing both is a heart rate lower than wale dung. I do a 1/2 mi swim across a lagoon, 6 mi run, then 1/2 mi back and my heart rate is lower than it was in HS. Am now a bonified baby boomer.
Rambling on what clothing is good to wear to swim and run in in 55 to 70 degree water. on the gulf coast it gets cold from November to April and I am stuck in the pool
Aloha
Whenever one is injured from running I advise get their butt in the pool. Running will assist swimming asfar as overall endurance however it does take away from the muscle mass as earlier posted.
Benifits of doing both is a heart rate lower than wale dung. I do a 1/2 mi swim across a lagoon, 6 mi run, then 1/2 mi back and my heart rate is lower than it was in HS. Am now a bonified baby boomer.
Rambling on what clothing is good to wear to swim and run in in 55 to 70 degree water. on the gulf coast it gets cold from November to April and I am stuck in the pool
Aloha
