If you swim and/or weight lift long enough, chances are you are going to get hurt.
I maintain that you are probably more likely to get hurt weight lifting than swimming, partly because there is considerably more force involved in the former, and partly because most of us on these forums are swimmers first and weight lifters second (if at all), and hence our bodies are more used to swimming than to weight lifting.
I could, certainly, be wrong.
In any event, please participate in this simple poll. Assuming you swim and at least occasionally lift weights and/or do dryland exercises in hopes of improving your swimming performance, which do you personally find more problematic for injuries?
You will have to make a judgment call here, especially if you spend MUCH more time swimming than lifting. (For example, say you swim 6 hours a week and lift 3 x 30 minutes or 1.5 hours a week. Your swimming time is 4x greater than your lifting time, so if you've suffered the same number of injuries from swimming and lifting, then lifting--hour per hour--more dangerous. )
Thanks for participating!
I've had a couple of swimming-related injuries--
* bashed my shin on a block several years ago, it started to bleed. It cut that workout short, and impacted swimming and running for a week or so. had some long-term effects combined with shin splints.
* have had several run-ins with lane lines, causing various cuts and bruises on my hands, arms, feet, and legs. nothing serious, no time lost, but they did require some bandages and/or TLC
* been hit by other swimmers with paddles and/or didn't look where they were going (I've witnessed several head-to head and head-to-wall collisions, some required the lifeguards to actually do something).
* various other repetitive motion things, especially shoulders
I've had various aches and pains from lifting, but other than callouses on my hands when I forget my gloves, no injuries.
If you want injuries, running and biking are going to amount to far more.
I've had a couple of swimming-related injuries--
* bashed my shin on a block several years ago, it started to bleed. It cut that workout short, and impacted swimming and running for a week or so. had some long-term effects combined with shin splints.
* have had several run-ins with lane lines, causing various cuts and bruises on my hands, arms, feet, and legs. nothing serious, no time lost, but they did require some bandages and/or TLC
* been hit by other swimmers with paddles and/or didn't look where they were going (I've witnessed several head-to head and head-to-wall collisions, some required the lifeguards to actually do something).
* various other repetitive motion things, especially shoulders
I've had various aches and pains from lifting, but other than callouses on my hands when I forget my gloves, no injuries.
If you want injuries, running and biking are going to amount to far more.
