What's are your favorite crosstraining activities? Do you like it for general overall fitness or because it specifically benefits your swimming? Explain.
The goal is to be a very capable ATHLETE, not necessarily swim the most yardage. Hand quickness, agility, flexibilty, core strength.
Renie, What he said. I just go about it differently but with the same goals. The combination of swimming, surfing, yoga and fitness ball exercises seem to work for me.
Kevin
SwimmieAvsFan is a good example for specialization. She quit soccer and basketball early in her youth to swim. She excelled in her youth and thoughout High School and she was "outstanding" enough to swim in college. She continues to rank highly in the USMS top 10.
actually, it wasn't basketball, it was volleyball. :D
i discovered at an early age that my hand-eye coordination was somewhat lacking. and that the ground is slightly less forgiving that the water... :rofl:
(i had broken my arm 3 times before i had even finished 5th grade...)
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Stretching, stomach exercises, rotator cuff exercises.
My weight work is throwing/stacking hay bales or horse feed or pelleted bedding. I do about 7 tons of hay (350 bales) in a session when I do it, along with a ton or so of feed and a ton of bedding. I hate having to wear a dust mask when moving the hay.
I have 2 tons of bedding to move later today, so if you are in the neighborhood and want a workout....
-LBJ
actually, it wasn't basketball, it was volleyball. :D
(turns hearing aid on)
Sorry, SAF, I really was listening :dunno: :help:
No further comment about your basketball skills :mooning: :bolt:
Back to the thread at hand,
I do try to do some core exercise and stretching every morning too. Sort of injury prevention too...
