any exercise that works well with swimmers? what muscles do i need to concentrate on building for swimming? what i need to avoid?
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I swam for a long time without adding gym exercises. A couple of years ago I added an hour at the gym after swimming. I work to strengthen my arms and shoulders and back as well as some leg work. To give you an idea of the difference in my swimming endurance and ability
I went from doing 30 lengths of *** stroke to 100 lengths of front crawl. I also kayak so shoulder and arm strength is important to me. I am not fast but can swim with no breaks for 90 mins and I am 58!
Keep at it.
I swam for a long time without adding gym exercises. A couple of years ago I added an hour at the gym after swimming. I work to strengthen my arms and shoulders and back as well as some leg work. To give you an idea of the difference in my swimming endurance and ability
I went from doing 30 lengths of *** stroke to 100 lengths of front crawl. I also kayak so shoulder and arm strength is important to me. I am not fast but can swim with no breaks for 90 mins and I am 58!
Keep at it.
