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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Originally posted by Rob Copeland
Before you decide that the problem is from stretching or from swimming every day, how about a little more information…
What is this work out that you do every day?
Are you getting in an adequate warm-up at the beginning of the swim and warm-down at the end? Getting out without a proper warm-down will most definitely cause next day muscle fatigue.
Were you involved in other physical activities prior to beginning to swimming, which would have worked other major muscle groups?
Soreness in the shoulders can often be attributed to technical imperfections (I’m not sure why your biceps would hurt, unless you’re doing a lot of breaststroke???), has a coach looked at your stroke to see if it is technically sound?
My workout consists of stretching, then 250 yds of freestyle (i take the first 100 or so slow to warm up) then 250 ***...a 400 IM...a 50 sprint..and then 50 ***, then repeat. I usually take the last 100 and do drills though. For my warm down I do a 50 of approach breaststroke nice and easy(more if I feel like i need it), then i get out and stretch. I wasn't doing anything really physical before I started swimming again...only soccer in the spring, but i was the coach so not as much excerise and normal soccer....I know that my technique is horrible so I ordered the TI videos and was starting to work on my form more so that what I knew and good fix myself with help from these boards. Hope that helps!!
~Kyra
Originally posted by Rob Copeland
Before you decide that the problem is from stretching or from swimming every day, how about a little more information…
What is this work out that you do every day?
Are you getting in an adequate warm-up at the beginning of the swim and warm-down at the end? Getting out without a proper warm-down will most definitely cause next day muscle fatigue.
Were you involved in other physical activities prior to beginning to swimming, which would have worked other major muscle groups?
Soreness in the shoulders can often be attributed to technical imperfections (I’m not sure why your biceps would hurt, unless you’re doing a lot of breaststroke???), has a coach looked at your stroke to see if it is technically sound?
My workout consists of stretching, then 250 yds of freestyle (i take the first 100 or so slow to warm up) then 250 ***...a 400 IM...a 50 sprint..and then 50 ***, then repeat. I usually take the last 100 and do drills though. For my warm down I do a 50 of approach breaststroke nice and easy(more if I feel like i need it), then i get out and stretch. I wasn't doing anything really physical before I started swimming again...only soccer in the spring, but i was the coach so not as much excerise and normal soccer....I know that my technique is horrible so I ordered the TI videos and was starting to work on my form more so that what I knew and good fix myself with help from these boards. Hope that helps!!
~Kyra
