Does anyone have advice about reducing lactic acid build up after swimming? I swim pretty hard 4-5X a week (3000-4500 yds per workout)and walk around with constant knots in my upper back and shoulders. I know to stretch, drink plenty of water (before,during and after workout), & warm up/ warm down. While I don't always do all of these things in combination - I do some of them . I have a straight right arm in freestyle that doesn't always enter the water very "gracefully" which I know contributes to this pain. Is there anything important that I need to be doing besides getting a new stroke ? Any secrets I need to know? Oh, and I will not be giving up my morning coffee so forget that advice!:)
i'm not a distance swimmer (mid-distance for sure though!) so yardage is not as big of a deal for me. but my typical scheduled workouts are like this: monday- 4000 meters aerobic mainly; tuesday-3000 meters speed or lactate; wednesday-3500 meters stroke work/drills; thursday- 4000 meters varies week to week.
we don't have scheduled workouts friday-sunday, but a few of us usually workout on our own at least 2 of 3 days. but we rarely do more than 3000 meters. i've found that this works well for sprinters, mid-distance, and our long distance/OW/triathletes. but we always have at least 1 day off and 2 pretty easy practices...
so basically what i'm rambling on about is that, even if you're a distance swimmer, you still need to give your body a rest at some point during the week. luckily for us, very few of our swimmers have nagging injuries and i honestly think it's because of our training schedule...
hope this helps!
i'm not a distance swimmer (mid-distance for sure though!) so yardage is not as big of a deal for me. but my typical scheduled workouts are like this: monday- 4000 meters aerobic mainly; tuesday-3000 meters speed or lactate; wednesday-3500 meters stroke work/drills; thursday- 4000 meters varies week to week.
we don't have scheduled workouts friday-sunday, but a few of us usually workout on our own at least 2 of 3 days. but we rarely do more than 3000 meters. i've found that this works well for sprinters, mid-distance, and our long distance/OW/triathletes. but we always have at least 1 day off and 2 pretty easy practices...
so basically what i'm rambling on about is that, even if you're a distance swimmer, you still need to give your body a rest at some point during the week. luckily for us, very few of our swimmers have nagging injuries and i honestly think it's because of our training schedule...
hope this helps!
