Hi
I was hoping to strenghthen my upper body as I have been working on my crawl but, although fit on land, I can not go far without having to stop in the pool. I suspect this is because my upper body is not strong enough to sustain the effort. Are free weights enough?
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due to my inexperience in the pool, I wont try to reply to weights being just enough, but I can say that inorder to get better at swimming endurance, you must swim!
Some exercises for the upperbody could be
dips, pushpress, clean and press, incline bench press(I prefer incline over flat),
Here is my opinion about what a workout should look like. Remember, less is more with lifting weights. I found this out the hard way.
-pushpress 5 sets of 5 reps
-incline bench press 2 sets of 9-10 reps
-maybe some light tricep work(close grip bench, skull crushers etc)
-core stability work: Overhead squats, weighted sit-ups, back extensions, and, side bends.
due to my inexperience in the pool, I wont try to reply to weights being just enough, but I can say that inorder to get better at swimming endurance, you must swim!
Some exercises for the upperbody could be
dips, pushpress, clean and press, incline bench press(I prefer incline over flat),
Here is my opinion about what a workout should look like. Remember, less is more with lifting weights. I found this out the hard way.
-pushpress 5 sets of 5 reps
-incline bench press 2 sets of 9-10 reps
-maybe some light tricep work(close grip bench, skull crushers etc)
-core stability work: Overhead squats, weighted sit-ups, back extensions, and, side bends.
