I had some great OW swims this summer including the Alcatraz Challenge in mid-July and Big Shoulder's 5k on 9/12. About 10 minutes after completing Big Shoulders, I decided I want to complete a 10k next summer.
I don't want to get burnt out too quickly so I'll swim normal distances (for me about 10k yards/week) for a few months and mix in some biking and running.
I know dryland would help with my swim conditioning, but what type of exercises are typically associated with a dryland routine and how many times /week should they be performed?
Thanks in advance.
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the other comments were great and those "doubles workouts" will also get you where you need to be...regarding your biking, i would keep that up and start making a certain course near your house and try to work on your time around the course with interval training...you can really get aerobically buffed out on the bike...i used to do a course near my house on mountain bike and it got me seriously winded...my course was a minute fast paced and sometimes I would go a full 5 laps fast = 5:00 fast, similar to doing 100 freestyles in the pool or a 500 free at 5 minutes - minute pace...
I agree with previous posters...i emphasize making sure your shoulder muscles and all that are strengthened in the gym...the guy who mentioned core work, may have mentioned that too...Core work is the key cuz as your shoulders need to rest you will be depending on core strength to assist in body rotation and hip flexors in the kick...If you rock out the core, with a few shoulder exercises you will be set in the gym...
Keep biking for your aerobic deal...but go fast and get winded and wear your helmet!!! If the weather in Illinois get too wacked then go to gym and do the variety of gym running / step up things but spike your heartrate a bit and sustain the spike for 30 seconds and then moderate it with some easy after that...rounds of 30 fast and a minute easy...
The gym will help with core work and the shoulders...you'll be amped at the results...The distance ocean swimmers with the gym therapy strength building will tend to be injured less due to development in the critical regions of the shoulders and core...
let us know what your training regime has turned into...
Dolphin Bear
the other comments were great and those "doubles workouts" will also get you where you need to be...regarding your biking, i would keep that up and start making a certain course near your house and try to work on your time around the course with interval training...you can really get aerobically buffed out on the bike...i used to do a course near my house on mountain bike and it got me seriously winded...my course was a minute fast paced and sometimes I would go a full 5 laps fast = 5:00 fast, similar to doing 100 freestyles in the pool or a 500 free at 5 minutes - minute pace...
I agree with previous posters...i emphasize making sure your shoulder muscles and all that are strengthened in the gym...the guy who mentioned core work, may have mentioned that too...Core work is the key cuz as your shoulders need to rest you will be depending on core strength to assist in body rotation and hip flexors in the kick...If you rock out the core, with a few shoulder exercises you will be set in the gym...
Keep biking for your aerobic deal...but go fast and get winded and wear your helmet!!! If the weather in Illinois get too wacked then go to gym and do the variety of gym running / step up things but spike your heartrate a bit and sustain the spike for 30 seconds and then moderate it with some easy after that...rounds of 30 fast and a minute easy...
The gym will help with core work and the shoulders...you'll be amped at the results...The distance ocean swimmers with the gym therapy strength building will tend to be injured less due to development in the critical regions of the shoulders and core...
let us know what your training regime has turned into...
Dolphin Bear
