I am trying to figure out the best weight training routine as possible. Today I lifted weights and worked on every single major muscle group (and small ones too) that I could from head to toe. However, I spent about 1 1/2 hours from warming up to stretching and cooling down. Because it was a weekend and I didn't have anything else to do (I was procrastinating having to work - ugh), I also swam for an hour. I got a great workout in and I feel wonderful, but I don't have this much spare time during the week.
So, this got me thinking - do you lift and swim or just lift on certain days? Do you work every muscle group or pick one area? I was contemplating whether I should swim 4x per week and lift 3x (and not swim) or lift 4x per week, but not every muscle and then swim afterwards.
What do you do?
Parents
Former Member
I split things up as well. I'm pretty new to weight training, so I'm just kind of making it up as I go. I do upper body one day, lower another and one day I try to do full body. I try to space things aout so I don't do upper body the day before a distance swim day. I always lift in the afternoon/evening because of work. I don't know if that's at all helpful, but there's my .02 :)
I split things up as well. I'm pretty new to weight training, so I'm just kind of making it up as I go. I do upper body one day, lower another and one day I try to do full body. I try to space things aout so I don't do upper body the day before a distance swim day. I always lift in the afternoon/evening because of work. I don't know if that's at all helpful, but there's my .02 :)
