My Daughter is 9 years and she has been swimming in the local club since last summer. I would like to know what type and descriptions of excerises she should be doing to built up strength in legs and shoulders for teh *** strokd along with free style.
i have read surgical tubing with pads for teh shoulders. Is this a good excersise?
You know those monkey bars in the playground? The reason they are there is for kids to develop upper body strength while climbing and having fun.
Glenn Gruber (retired elementary physical education teacher)
I'm glad someone brought this up. My daughter is keen to improve her strength after some comments by her coach that her stroke is very good, but she lacks power. I've read what Eddie Reese says about kids and training, and agree that weight training seems like a bad idea. Body weight exercises, (we used to call them calisthenics) seem like the way to go for young kids. My daughter said, "I'll do the monkey bars many times every day at recess!" I am wondering about whether the "monkey bars" are a good idea. When I traverse one of those horizontal ladders by hanging from my hands, it feels like my arms are going to be pulled from their sockets! I also feel like I am getting tennis elbow. It was the same thing when I was a kid. Is this really a good exercise for building upper body strength in kids?
You know those monkey bars in the playground? The reason they are there is for kids to develop upper body strength while climbing and having fun.
Glenn Gruber (retired elementary physical education teacher)
I'm glad someone brought this up. My daughter is keen to improve her strength after some comments by her coach that her stroke is very good, but she lacks power. I've read what Eddie Reese says about kids and training, and agree that weight training seems like a bad idea. Body weight exercises, (we used to call them calisthenics) seem like the way to go for young kids. My daughter said, "I'll do the monkey bars many times every day at recess!" I am wondering about whether the "monkey bars" are a good idea. When I traverse one of those horizontal ladders by hanging from my hands, it feels like my arms are going to be pulled from their sockets! I also feel like I am getting tennis elbow. It was the same thing when I was a kid. Is this really a good exercise for building upper body strength in kids?
