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?
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Pool, 90 minutes is most I can do without the elbows starting to scream, Monday through Thursday, Friday off--the pool closes 30 minutes after I get off work (and doesn't open soon enough in the morning for me to swim, shower, dress/do hair/make up, and get to work on time). After my swim on Tuesday and Thursday I join a serious water aerobics class and do 45 minutes. This group works on strength and balance with, yes, dare I say it, NOODLES! Saturday & Sunday I walk, jog or ride a bike for 60 to 90 minutes, depending on what I feel like doing that day, if I'm home or out of town, and the weather.
Lainey
Pool, 90 minutes is most I can do without the elbows starting to scream, Monday through Thursday, Friday off--the pool closes 30 minutes after I get off work (and doesn't open soon enough in the morning for me to swim, shower, dress/do hair/make up, and get to work on time). After my swim on Tuesday and Thursday I join a serious water aerobics class and do 45 minutes. This group works on strength and balance with, yes, dare I say it, NOODLES! Saturday & Sunday I walk, jog or ride a bike for 60 to 90 minutes, depending on what I feel like doing that day, if I'm home or out of town, and the weather.
Lainey
