Im looking for some workouts that I can do to improve certain strokes, mainly breaststroke and freestyle. I was reading through the forums and I didnt really see anything about Free Weight workouts, but recently i've been doing alot of crunches, push ups and pull/chin ups. At the moment im at a 1:09 scy in the 100 yard *** and I need to drop 3 seconds to make state in my schools division, I watch what I eat and try to eat healthy and make sure I get enough calories, I do as many drills as i can and I lift weights from time to time. The weight part of my workouts seem very unorganized and random. So what good exercises are there for *** stroke and freestyle when using free weights like dumbells. Any Ideas?
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Your coach cant suggest anything?
You should work on overall strength. Triceps, Lats, legs , abs etc
bodybuilding.com/.../exercises.htm
for exercises. yeah its bodybuilding website but its lifting weights. Just dont go as nuts (and not do much cardio) like they do.
You should be looking to increase strength and stamina more so then mass.
Good exercises include(some, which can be used with barbells or the bar)
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PROPER FORM!
Bench press, tricep extentions, dead lifts, clean and jerk, lat pull downs, leg press, squats, bicep curls etc. You should try and keep it to compound exercises as much as you can as isolation ones (Arguably waste time , unless you are looking to cut).
Take a look at different exercises on that page as youll want to change them up every month or so as the body gets used to the same thing week in week out. Remember to keep good form(thats important). Have fun and try to lift 2-3x per week. start off easy and eventually work at about 80-85% ish of your max.
Your coach cant suggest anything?
You should work on overall strength. Triceps, Lats, legs , abs etc
bodybuilding.com/.../exercises.htm
for exercises. yeah its bodybuilding website but its lifting weights. Just dont go as nuts (and not do much cardio) like they do.
You should be looking to increase strength and stamina more so then mass.
Good exercises include(some, which can be used with barbells or the bar)
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PROPER FORM!
Bench press, tricep extentions, dead lifts, clean and jerk, lat pull downs, leg press, squats, bicep curls etc. You should try and keep it to compound exercises as much as you can as isolation ones (Arguably waste time , unless you are looking to cut).
Take a look at different exercises on that page as youll want to change them up every month or so as the body gets used to the same thing week in week out. Remember to keep good form(thats important). Have fun and try to lift 2-3x per week. start off easy and eventually work at about 80-85% ish of your max.
