Hello everyone!
I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan right now and I would like some help creating a dryland program to help me jump back into the pool after I return home. I am 22 years old right now and am trying to get competitive for Norwich University's swim team (DIV III).
I swam my senior year of H.S. and on and off with Master's programs in my last unit.
Right now I am running three days a week for unit PT (3-4 miles a session) and lifting two days a week. We have some well equipped gyms here and I think I can do most anything a dryland program may contain. I am open to all advice!
-Jared
Alternate working on one section per day. Core one day, arms another, legs another. That way you can keep up progress without getting bored. Also try isometric exercises, don't need any weights at all for those. Lots of triceps, lats and deltoids in the upper body, calves, glutes and quads on the legs.
Back in the mid 1960s, Ron Ballatore (former Olympic and NCAA coach) did a masters thesis on training primarily with isometric exercise and found that it was very effective at retaining and even building activity- useful muscles. So if there is no pool in Afghanistan, you can still train to swim.
Thank you for your service!
Alternate working on one section per day. Core one day, arms another, legs another. That way you can keep up progress without getting bored. Also try isometric exercises, don't need any weights at all for those. Lots of triceps, lats and deltoids in the upper body, calves, glutes and quads on the legs.
Back in the mid 1960s, Ron Ballatore (former Olympic and NCAA coach) did a masters thesis on training primarily with isometric exercise and found that it was very effective at retaining and even building activity- useful muscles. So if there is no pool in Afghanistan, you can still train to swim.
Thank you for your service!
