I don't know whether this should go under workouts or not, so I'm sorry if it's not in the right place. Swimming season starts in Mid-November, and right now, I'm playing football. I am 6'1, 185lbs, and by my 1st meet, I wanna be 160lbs. getting down to 160lbs is no problem, but I was wondering if swimmers usually do weight lifting, my program will probably consist of hi reps, low weight. are there any exercises for swimmers? I swim Free, ***, and Back. any advice is greatly appreciated
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I know a guy who used to do both football and swimming, and he told me that his weight used to fluctuate significantly depending on what season he was in. He would bulk up a lot for football, but then it would come off for swimming. He finally decided that he needed to give one of them up.
I think you're on the right track doing high reps and using low weight. Squats may be useful in building the muscles you use in kicking off from the wall on turns. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to find exercises using barbells or dumbbells that workout the exact muscles you use in any of the strokes. If you have access to the exercise apparatus where you pull down on a bar with your arms and (through ropes and pullies) it lifts a variable amount of weight, this may do a good job of exercising some of the muscles you use in your arm stroke.
I know a guy who used to do both football and swimming, and he told me that his weight used to fluctuate significantly depending on what season he was in. He would bulk up a lot for football, but then it would come off for swimming. He finally decided that he needed to give one of them up.
I think you're on the right track doing high reps and using low weight. Squats may be useful in building the muscles you use in kicking off from the wall on turns. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to find exercises using barbells or dumbbells that workout the exact muscles you use in any of the strokes. If you have access to the exercise apparatus where you pull down on a bar with your arms and (through ropes and pullies) it lifts a variable amount of weight, this may do a good job of exercising some of the muscles you use in your arm stroke.
