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
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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.
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.
