OK, I admit I'm not much for dryland in most cases. On occasion I'll do some pull-ups or push ups after practice, but usually I get out of the pool, shower and go home. Anyway, yesterday I was doing some pull-ups and my coach came over and said he had something new for me to try: jumping rope with a weighted jump rope. Anyone else ever try this? I did 5 sets of 40 reps on 1:00. Usually it took about 30-35 seconds to complete the 40 jumps, and let me say the rest was much needed after that! I'm not sure how hard it would be when fresh, but after a pretty tough swimming workout it was definitely challenging.
I had never seen a jump rope like this before. It was a 4 lb solid rubber rope. It's a whole different experience than using a regular jump rope.
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That does sound tough.
A couple of things I started doing in my dryland workouts recently are inverted rows and rack chins. The basic concept is the same in both of these: you pull yourself up to a bar in a power rack or smith machine with your feet resting on the floor or on a platform.
Inverted rows
Rack chins
These are a lot harder than they look. The difference from regular pull-ups is that you can't use any body motion to squirm your way to the bar. After a certain number of reps, your arms and back will be just too tired and you can't move at all.
Chuckie does these little dryland exercises after she come home from the pool. youtube.com/watch
Ewww, who wants to eat an apple that you've just been touching with your feet?
That does sound tough.
A couple of things I started doing in my dryland workouts recently are inverted rows. The basic concept is the same in both of these: you pull yourself up to a bar in a power rack or smith machine with your feet resting on the floor or on a platform.
Inverted rows
These are fun to do without resting your feet on anything (just free floating) but holding your straight body horizontal throughout the pull-ups or chin-ups (i.e., palms in or palms out. I can never remember which is called which.)
Since this thread got bumped let me throw out a warning to anyone who tries the weighted jump rope: make sure you either wear shoes or at least do it on a mat. I did this on the pool deck with no shoes on the first time and the ball of my foot hurt for a week or two after that! I believe the condition is called metatarsalgia, so be careful.
Since this thread got bumped let me throw out a warning to anyone who tries the weighted jump rope: make sure you either wear shoes or at least do it on a mat. I did this on the pool deck with no shoes on the first time and the ball of my foot hurt for a week or two after that! I believe the condition is called metatarsalgia, so be careful.
I used to train religiously with a rope...and ankle weights.
Shin splints are also a potential side effect. Running shoes are a very good idea.
Go easy the first few times, or one might be in for an unpleasant surprise
