I just ordered and received my "Yoga for Swimmers" DVD. I have watched it a few times and attempted many of the poses....it is harder than I thought and I'm way less flexible than I thought.Can anyone out there attest to the benefits of yoga when it comes to swimming? I'm trying to decide whether to do a consistent weight lifting routine or if I should practice yoga - I don't have time for both right now.
I'd ask myself what is the condition of my core vs. my muscles. If the core needs more work, go yoga, otherwise weights. At my age, the 10 - 15 minutes of yoga I do every day, with some added here and there, keeps me from being very inflexible.
The literature on yoga is very confusing. Half say that you take up yoga right before you join the cult. The other half say that you take it up right after joining the cult. I wish they could make up their minds about this.
When you swim rite no injuries occur. When you swim rite your core develops correctly. When you swim rite your muscles develop properly.
So again I say swim, swim, swim.
So every swimmer out there who does flexibility, strength and power activities outside the pool is wrong?????
I don't plan on giving up my weights any time soon. The combonation of weights, core, yoga, and quality time in the pool is gonna work out just fine for me.
I must not be swimming "rite" since my core (especially as I get older) needs some help. Despite what some are saying, I believe that it makes a lot of sense to compliment swimming with some sort of dry-land program.
I prefer yogurt over yoga.
When you swim rite no injuries occur. When you swim rite your core develops correctly. When you swim rite your muscles develop properly.
So again I say swim, swim, swim.
I am almost too flexible. I am not a believer in streatching. I do exercises when not swimming my self designed stuff. I never lift weights. I also walk when not swimming but when I swim I do not bother with any thing else except in Mexico my wife and I walk uptown eveyday. 2.5 miles uptown 2.5 miles back and do lots of swimming. I prefer full stroke swimming over any other activity.
But anyone can do whatever they think best.
So every swimmer out there who does flexibility, strength and power activities outside the pool is wrong?????
My priority would be a combo of geochuck & warren's
swim,swim,swim => VAST majority of your effort
weights => more if you're a sprinter, less impt if you're a distance person
yoga => a nice addition (& I love yoga), but I'm not sure if it adds much more to swimming than a combination of dynamic pre-swim stretching and static post-swim stretching.
I'd aim to maximize you're swimming time first.
