Hi there!
I'm new to this forum and I'm interested in asking you some questions.
I've read somewhere on the net that swimming trains pull muscles a lot so, to build a great body, swimmers complete the training with a push session in the gym. Is it true?
By the way, the question is the following:
Is possible to swim and to train with weights simultaneously?
I'll explain it better:
I go to swim three times a week and I was wondering if it's possible to complete the training with some exercises in the gym without overtraining.
I'll be clear: I'm not interested in becoming a great swimmer but I've read that swimming and gym can be very effective if you want to build a fit body!
If gym + swimming is possible, can someone redirect me to some "swimming + gym" training?
Thanks in advance for the advices!
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I started out only weight training and running. Had a job I wanted that required swimming to get in, so I got a swim coach to teach me breastroke. Now I run three miles at my endourance pace on the treadmill, lift for @ an hour, run 3 miles fast and then breastroke at least 3k yards on my lifting days (MWF) at @ 10min per 500 yards. T/TH/SA (sometimes I take saturday off), I run and swim much more.
I use to have an extensive weight training routine and really nit-picked myself over many different movements. Now lifting means, deadlifts, deadlifts, deadlifts. Weighted sets of pull-ups, drop the weight and rep out, weighted sets of dips, drop the weight and rep out. Wednesdays I throw in different forms of benching, shoulder presses and rowing moves. I lift as heavy as I can always. Also mix in 1000 yards of only arm pulls using big ass hand paddles on my non-lift days. I am very happy with how this has shaped my body and my capabilities.
I started out only weight training and running. Had a job I wanted that required swimming to get in, so I got a swim coach to teach me breastroke. Now I run three miles at my endourance pace on the treadmill, lift for @ an hour, run 3 miles fast and then breastroke at least 3k yards on my lifting days (MWF) at @ 10min per 500 yards. T/TH/SA (sometimes I take saturday off), I run and swim much more.
I use to have an extensive weight training routine and really nit-picked myself over many different movements. Now lifting means, deadlifts, deadlifts, deadlifts. Weighted sets of pull-ups, drop the weight and rep out, weighted sets of dips, drop the weight and rep out. Wednesdays I throw in different forms of benching, shoulder presses and rowing moves. I lift as heavy as I can always. Also mix in 1000 yards of only arm pulls using big ass hand paddles on my non-lift days. I am very happy with how this has shaped my body and my capabilities.
