I have been a fan of Dr. Kenneth Cooper and his writings for a couple of decades and have been reading an older book of his that reccomends "striking" exercise such as running for aging athletes.(boomers) He contends that as we age we need this sort of exercise to promote bone density. He also suggests higher ratios of weight training to aerobics for the same reason. I have only been swimming for a couple of years now and must say that my body has never felt healthier and more pain free. So, I am reluctant to go back to dealing with all the aches and pains associated with running. So here is my question of you experienced swimmers. Do you complement your swimming with dryland training such as running and lifting? If so how often and what types? Do you think Cooper is correct in asserting the need for weight bearing exercise over non weight bearing activity?
Lots of questions. Just curious about this one.
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Spudfing
even though you are still horizontal, and suspended, each flip turn you do should be the same effect as a jump. If I do 20k a week in the pool, thats 800 laps, thats 799 turns. If I am working the walls hard, which try to whenever possible, I can feel it in my knees and ankles. You want to blast off the wall like you are trying to dunk a basketball, not push off like you are getting out of bed. The resistance of the water should be comparable to the resistance of gravity.
Personally, I hate running. I do it in the summer on occassion or when we go on vacation to the shore as running on the boardwalk in the morning is a great experience, but the beating my ankles and knees take as well as my lower back is just not worth the potential benefits.
even though you are still horizontal, and suspended, each flip turn you do should be the same effect as a jump. If I do 20k a week in the pool, thats 800 laps, thats 799 turns. If I am working the walls hard, which try to whenever possible, I can feel it in my knees and ankles. You want to blast off the wall like you are trying to dunk a basketball, not push off like you are getting out of bed. The resistance of the water should be comparable to the resistance of gravity.
Personally, I hate running. I do it in the summer on occassion or when we go on vacation to the shore as running on the boardwalk in the morning is a great experience, but the beating my ankles and knees take as well as my lower back is just not worth the potential benefits.
