Just curious on what your opinion is on running during swim season. I had a coach one time tell me that it did more harm than good to run while training for swim because it reversed what you do in the water. Have found no evidence of this...
Just curious on what your opinion is on running during swim season. I had a coach one time tell me that it did more harm than good to run while training for swim because it reversed what you do in the water. Have found no evidence of this...
I swim and run year-round, I don't follow any kind of seasons; if it isn't too cold (rare here in the Phoenix area) and I'm not sick, I typically swim 4-5 days a week, and run 3-5 days a week. My swims are usually 3,000 to 4,000 yards. Runs vary from a 2 mile recovery to 15+ miles, more if I'm training for something specific.
Agree with most of the others that running just gives a quick bang for your time as far as shedding weight. I ran when I was younger, got back in for some triathlons in my late 20s, then got back again about 5 years ago. I've been swimming for the past 15 or so years.
I certainly wouldn't say running reverses anything. Yes you can get injured, I've gotten injured from running and swimming too. Yes you can cramp up from running, and that's happened to me when I was only swimming also. Keeping some sort of balance is key, and there are many leg exercises you can do (step ups, box jumps, ladder drills, etc) that may help avoid injury. You may want to avoid swimming kick sets just before and/or after a run.
It mostly depends on you. How old you are, what you want to focus on, how much you do of either, if/how often you're racing (then what events you're racing), and I'm sure I can think of many other things.
Feel free to check out my blog if you want to see more of how I incorporate running and swimming.
Just curious on what your opinion is on running during swim season. I had a coach one time tell me that it did more harm than good to run while training for swim because it reversed what you do in the water. Have found no evidence of this...
I swim and run year-round, I don't follow any kind of seasons; if it isn't too cold (rare here in the Phoenix area) and I'm not sick, I typically swim 4-5 days a week, and run 3-5 days a week. My swims are usually 3,000 to 4,000 yards. Runs vary from a 2 mile recovery to 15+ miles, more if I'm training for something specific.
Agree with most of the others that running just gives a quick bang for your time as far as shedding weight. I ran when I was younger, got back in for some triathlons in my late 20s, then got back again about 5 years ago. I've been swimming for the past 15 or so years.
I certainly wouldn't say running reverses anything. Yes you can get injured, I've gotten injured from running and swimming too. Yes you can cramp up from running, and that's happened to me when I was only swimming also. Keeping some sort of balance is key, and there are many leg exercises you can do (step ups, box jumps, ladder drills, etc) that may help avoid injury. You may want to avoid swimming kick sets just before and/or after a run.
It mostly depends on you. How old you are, what you want to focus on, how much you do of either, if/how often you're racing (then what events you're racing), and I'm sure I can think of many other things.
Feel free to check out my blog if you want to see more of how I incorporate running and swimming.
