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?
Good gawd, man, where do you get the time for THAT?! I'd kill to get that much time.Just 2.5 hrs a day of my free time. I also work nights and furthermore my wife likes the abdominals and stuff so she helps out. At work I also get 3 hrs a week to lift in the gym we have set up there. If the work load slows I can also workout more than just 3hrs per week too but I really don't spend more than an hour lifting.
Nevertheless, I'm still a slow swimmer but I certainly look as if I were fast -lol
Good gawd, man, where do you get the time for THAT?! I'd kill to get that much time.Just 2.5 hrs a day of my free time. I also work nights and furthermore my wife likes the abdominals and stuff so she helps out. At work I also get 3 hrs a week to lift in the gym we have set up there. If the work load slows I can also workout more than just 3hrs per week too but I really don't spend more than an hour lifting.
Nevertheless, I'm still a slow swimmer but I certainly look as if I were fast -lol
