I'll start off by saying that I swim every day and this has never happened in the two months since I've started swimming again and it's kinda starting to tick me off. Anyways, I have this workout that I do everyday and when I first started it a couple of weeks ago I could do it all the way through with out any problems. Now when I do it about a quater of the way through my arms start to get really tired and feel like they are pulling through really thick water. I don't understand this. I stretch really good before and after, and usually a least once during my workout, I try and do dryland once a week, I strecth when I watch TV sometimes, and I have a steady kick the whole time so it's not like my arms are doing all the work. But for about the last week then my arms have been sore, both during and after the workouts. I usually just swim through the soreness I stretch when it comes and then make sure I strecth when it comes back. Any ideas about what's going on and how to make it go away:confused: ? Thanx!!!
~Kyra
p.s it's mostly in my biceps and shoulders
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Maybe your arm soreness isn't related to stretching, but to what you are swimming. You say you swim everyday and do the same workout - try varying your workout; maybe you've just hit the same muscle group to frequently - and as you swim everyday, presumably pushing yourself harder with each week/month you swim, all the little muscle fibres which break down never get a chance to heal.
Besides switching strokes, distances, and intensities from workout to workout, you might try not swimming a couple days per week. Cross train on those days with activities that don't involve your arms too much (running, soccer, whatever...)
Massage may help, too.
Good luck!
Maybe your arm soreness isn't related to stretching, but to what you are swimming. You say you swim everyday and do the same workout - try varying your workout; maybe you've just hit the same muscle group to frequently - and as you swim everyday, presumably pushing yourself harder with each week/month you swim, all the little muscle fibres which break down never get a chance to heal.
Besides switching strokes, distances, and intensities from workout to workout, you might try not swimming a couple days per week. Cross train on those days with activities that don't involve your arms too much (running, soccer, whatever...)
Massage may help, too.
Good luck!
