So here it goes. I have been swimming competitively since i was 6 years-old. I swam all day every day and I was very good at my young age. I unfortunately plateaued in high school but then recovered to get some of my best times. Unfortunately I was diving competitively for fun and blew out my knee which put me on the sidelines basically until now. There went that college scholarship I was looking forward to. I've coached and I've done some open water and pool training, but I need to get back into the groove of actually working out. I unfortunately don't have access to a pool right now, so i was wondering if those of you who are in shape ('cause i definitely am not) could give me some dry land workouts before i can get into the pool; so my lungs don't blow up and my legs fall off, that sort of thing...
Any positive motivation or feedback is greatly appreciated!
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Jessica,
When will you have access to a pool? I'd spend the time now developing strength for swimming by doing workouts focused on upper body and core strength. As for the legs, leg presses work the quads pretty good and then the hamstrings need strengthening also. I don't know if you can run with a previously bad knee, but maybe a step aerobic class. But you do know that your lungs will probably feel like they are blowing up when you do get into the pool. It's just that at least your upper and lower body will have more strength to endure swimming aerobically.
donna
Jessica,
When will you have access to a pool? I'd spend the time now developing strength for swimming by doing workouts focused on upper body and core strength. As for the legs, leg presses work the quads pretty good and then the hamstrings need strengthening also. I don't know if you can run with a previously bad knee, but maybe a step aerobic class. But you do know that your lungs will probably feel like they are blowing up when you do get into the pool. It's just that at least your upper and lower body will have more strength to endure swimming aerobically.
donna
