Hi,
Until recently, rugby was my main sport, but a bad ankle injury means my playing days are over. While rehabing i spent a lot of time in the pool, on the bike and more recently on the treadmill. This type of training has interested me and I am looking at doing a triathlon next year. My cycling and running is not an issue but i find i struggle in the pool.
I have spent the past 10 years between the pitch and the weight room and now I weight bout 270lbs at only 10-11% bodyfat so the majority of my bodyweight is muscle. I read somewhere that muscle doesnt float but sinks.
Is this much muscle mass a bad thing when it comes to swimming?
Thanks,
Yak.
yeah, I got into lifting again in my senior year of high school and freshman year of college. It was one of the reasons that I went slower than my junior year of high school. If I had the right coaching to do smarter lifting, I could have created more lean muscle mass and swam to greatness instead of swimming to crapiness. Also, I took full advantage of the meal plan at college so with that and the lifting, I really bulked up too much. That is just my experience.
yeah, I got into lifting again in my senior year of high school and freshman year of college. It was one of the reasons that I went slower than my junior year of high school. If I had the right coaching to do smarter lifting, I could have created more lean muscle mass and swam to greatness instead of swimming to crapiness. Also, I took full advantage of the meal plan at college so with that and the lifting, I really bulked up too much. That is just my experience.
