Okay, here's the deal:
I'm currently a sophomore in high school. My first ever high school swim season just ended and I plan on doing high school swimming next school year as well. My plan was to do recreational swimming over the summer, but unfortunately my parents won't let me. I still want to be in shape for next year's swim season, but I really don't know what to do to keep in shape. I don't know what kind of out-of-the-pool exercises are good for working my muscles. I'm not the skinniest person, but I'm certainly not extremely chubby. I'm thinking running in the park sounds good because it works out my legs, but it does nothing for my arms. I really do not want to have all the hard work I put in for high school swimming to go to waste over the months. I'd love to swim over the summer but that's just not an option. Anyone have any ideas?
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Omega:
There are plenty of exercises you can do to increase strength, power, and flexibility while out of the pool that will help your swimming once you are back in the pool.
I like the Plyometrics exercises here to develop leg strength and power that will help on starts and pushing off walls:
www.exrx.net/.../PowerExercises.html
I just googled "core exercises" and found this link with basic video to show the exercises. You can find other, similar sites pretty easily:
www.beginnertriathlete.com/.../Article-detail.asp
You can also work on flexibility. Jonathan Miller posted a bunch of description and photos of his flexibility exercises in the "Fun, and Fast" thread in the "Workouts" forum. (Sorry, don't know how to include the link).
And then, of course, get wet as much as you can even if you are just goofing around with your friends. Who knows, you may just find you get faster over the summer with a new workout routine. Good luck!
Omega:
There are plenty of exercises you can do to increase strength, power, and flexibility while out of the pool that will help your swimming once you are back in the pool.
I like the Plyometrics exercises here to develop leg strength and power that will help on starts and pushing off walls:
www.exrx.net/.../PowerExercises.html
I just googled "core exercises" and found this link with basic video to show the exercises. You can find other, similar sites pretty easily:
www.beginnertriathlete.com/.../Article-detail.asp
You can also work on flexibility. Jonathan Miller posted a bunch of description and photos of his flexibility exercises in the "Fun, and Fast" thread in the "Workouts" forum. (Sorry, don't know how to include the link).
And then, of course, get wet as much as you can even if you are just goofing around with your friends. Who knows, you may just find you get faster over the summer with a new workout routine. Good luck!
