I really need to do dryland. I don't do any right now except for shoulder exercises and the occasional sit-up (I tend to count my job as a server at a busy restuarant as my dryland...not good). So I was wondering what everybody else did for their dryland and how often you do it? I need some ideas to help with just general strength training to help my speed. I swim about 2000 yds everyday (I'm upping this too) and I'm still pretty slow (and I'm trying to at least make qualifying times for a meet even if I don't have too), so I figured I really do have to do some strength training at this point. Thanx a bundle!
~Kyra
I've been doing a workout from the book Core Performance by Mark Vestegen. It's the only weight program I've been able to follow, EVER. I've been doing it for about 7-8 months now, and have experienced noticeable changes and improvements in my fitness.
The workouts consist of a few areas: Movement Prep, which is like an active stretching/warm-up. Pre-Hab, which is an injury preventive, and mostly deals with your "core": shoulders, abs, and hips. Physioball, or the swiss ball, on which you do many workouts designed to strengthen your core. Strength training, which has always been the part that has bored me and made me quit, but this strength workout is fun and I am seeing results. Also, the workouts changed every 3-4 weeks, so by the time I'm starting to get bored of them, I get to change.
There's also an endurance component, for which I swim, and an eating component.
I've noticed my kick improve, presumably from the workouts that the book has me doing to strengthen my hips/core area. It's a workout I would suggest to anyone wanting to improve all-around fitness, and especially swimming fitness.
Cheers,
Mike
PS They have a website: www.coreperformanceprogram.com/.../
I've been doing a workout from the book Core Performance by Mark Vestegen. It's the only weight program I've been able to follow, EVER. I've been doing it for about 7-8 months now, and have experienced noticeable changes and improvements in my fitness.
The workouts consist of a few areas: Movement Prep, which is like an active stretching/warm-up. Pre-Hab, which is an injury preventive, and mostly deals with your "core": shoulders, abs, and hips. Physioball, or the swiss ball, on which you do many workouts designed to strengthen your core. Strength training, which has always been the part that has bored me and made me quit, but this strength workout is fun and I am seeing results. Also, the workouts changed every 3-4 weeks, so by the time I'm starting to get bored of them, I get to change.
There's also an endurance component, for which I swim, and an eating component.
I've noticed my kick improve, presumably from the workouts that the book has me doing to strengthen my hips/core area. It's a workout I would suggest to anyone wanting to improve all-around fitness, and especially swimming fitness.
Cheers,
Mike
PS They have a website: www.coreperformanceprogram.com/.../
