Hi, could anyone give me some hints regarding the best way to do dryland exercises particularly with endurance in freestyle in mind? I was thinking of getting a home gym setup with one of those things where you have a handle you pull down from overhead to simulate the standard freestyle motion with extra resistance. Thanks,
David
Do you mean a Lat pulldown or a Vasa Trainer. Vasa trainers are great and will REALLY work your lats right at the armpits. However, they aren't cheap unless you find a good used one.
No I've done both of those this is different. What I was looking at is a thing where you've got two handles on wires over head with a pully system so it lifts the plates as you pull down on the handles. I'm not sure of the proper name, but the handles are free to move around on the wires. It just seemed like a motion quite similiar to freestyle pulls would be possible. Thanks,
David
You are better off just getting into a gym that has some basic equipment. Being a distance swimming in HS & college I didn't do a ton of weights (2x week, high reps). You are better off sticking to these kind of things:
-Run (the more the better...without injury)
-Surgical Tubing (aka. stretch cords) to mimic strokes
-Medicine balls
-Core Exercises
-Stretch
anything that pushes your endurance is gonna be great. I do a little of all this stuff and I also like to Kayak (great workout) on the lake by our home. Biking (either road or Mountain) would be good too. I like to mix it up. However, all of this is only to "supplement" the swimming, no substitute for getting in the H2O and putting in the yards.
I was thinking of getting a home gym setup with one of those things where you have a handle you pull down from overhead to simulate the standard freestyle motion with extra resistance.
Do you mean a Lat pulldown or a Vasa Trainer. Vasa trainers are great and will REALLY work your lats right at the armpits. However, they aren't cheap unless you find a good used one.
