I am trying to increase volume and swim about 15-20K a week. Most of these yards a hard with not alot of drill yardage. I have sore shoulders all the time. Not injured, but sore and very tired. I have to be carefull how I sleep on them and not to put strain on them doing mundane daily activity.
....Is this normal?
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I'm also left handed and have some occasional soreness in the left shoulder. It has gotten better over time (I restarted swimming 4 months ago) and I try not to wrench on it during the entry and catch phase of my stroke, which helps a lot. I'm doing these stretch cord exercises which also help:
www.usaswimming.org/.../ViewMiscArticle.aspx
I'm doing about half your yardage though, maybe 7.5k-9k per week max, swimming 3 days a week (and going to the gym 3 other days). When you say 15-20k/week, is that what you are doing now or is that what you are trying to increase to? If a heavy swimming routine is wearing down your shoulders you could try trading a couple swimming days a week for gym days and get treadmill or elliptical trainer time in, and see how that goes.
I'm also left handed and have some occasional soreness in the left shoulder. It has gotten better over time (I restarted swimming 4 months ago) and I try not to wrench on it during the entry and catch phase of my stroke, which helps a lot. I'm doing these stretch cord exercises which also help:
www.usaswimming.org/.../ViewMiscArticle.aspx
I'm doing about half your yardage though, maybe 7.5k-9k per week max, swimming 3 days a week (and going to the gym 3 other days). When you say 15-20k/week, is that what you are doing now or is that what you are trying to increase to? If a heavy swimming routine is wearing down your shoulders you could try trading a couple swimming days a week for gym days and get treadmill or elliptical trainer time in, and see how that goes.
