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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I am tired and I usually get leg cramps.
I had a terrible problem w/ leg cramps starting out. I added stretches after my swim and increased my stretching after my lifts, and started keeping a water bottle at the end of the lane, and that helped tremendously.
But now they're back, tho they don't come on as quickly, so I'm thinking of trying to increase the magnesium and potassium in my diet. I hate having my swim interrupted by a cramp.
I have also had to face the fact that as much as I would like to and as much as I am making an effort to, I may never make it to a morning workout, which leaves after work and weekends.
I once tried morning workouts, but I just couldn't warm my body up enough to make it effective.
Turns out, it's not just a personal quirk. There really are "morning people" and "night owls", and for night owls, strength increases throughout the day. For morning people, strength is fairly even throughout the day.
If I left it to my body, I'd go to sleep about 1:00 in the morning and get up around 9:00. As it is, I have to get up about 5:00 standard time, 6:00 daylight saving time.
I need to go back to bartending. :chug:
I am tired and I usually get leg cramps.
I had a terrible problem w/ leg cramps starting out. I added stretches after my swim and increased my stretching after my lifts, and started keeping a water bottle at the end of the lane, and that helped tremendously.
But now they're back, tho they don't come on as quickly, so I'm thinking of trying to increase the magnesium and potassium in my diet. I hate having my swim interrupted by a cramp.
I have also had to face the fact that as much as I would like to and as much as I am making an effort to, I may never make it to a morning workout, which leaves after work and weekends.
I once tried morning workouts, but I just couldn't warm my body up enough to make it effective.
Turns out, it's not just a personal quirk. There really are "morning people" and "night owls", and for night owls, strength increases throughout the day. For morning people, strength is fairly even throughout the day.
If I left it to my body, I'd go to sleep about 1:00 in the morning and get up around 9:00. As it is, I have to get up about 5:00 standard time, 6:00 daylight saving time.
I need to go back to bartending. :chug:
