Just wondering how other folks here balance gym and pool workouts.
Now that I'm back in the pool I'm adjusting my lifting quite a bit to complement the swimming.
Used to, I'd alternate upper/lower body on alternate days, with one day a week off.
Now that I'm in the pool, I feel like I'm not giving my muscles enough rest time, since a swim is essentially a whole-body resistance set.
So far, I've been swimming Mon/Wed/Fri, and lifting Tue (upper), Thu (lower), and Sat (core). As I get better swim-conditioned, I plan to re-adjust, probably with more pool time.
Any thoughts, tips, experience?
Weights about 5X week
Swim (solo) every day for about 2 hours with 40% of it being rest, mostly sprints, drills, slow 200's with strict form. Been doing it like this for about a month
No former swimming background, 20 months ago I really didn't know how to swim or really ever tried more than a lap.
1st meet in Jan:)
Weights about 5X week
Swim (solo) every day for about 2 hours with 40% of it being rest, mostly sprints, drills, slow 200's with strict form. Been doing it like this for about a month
No former swimming background, 20 months ago I really didn't know how to swim or really ever tried more than a lap.
1st meet in Jan:)
