Posted: 11/12/2012 8:55:48 AM EDT
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I have a few questions about how consistent swimming will help or hinder me in my lifting and runnning.
My background is in running (up to six or seven miles per run at my peak distance running in highschool), and about 6 montsh ago I switched my focus, bought a mountain bike, and started bench pressing, squatting, dealifting etc. Now I rarely run more than 25 minutes at a time and I lift a great deal more than I used to. Over the summer I would start a workout with either my run (between 1.5 and three miles) and then a lift. The next day I might bike and do another (different) lift, and then after a day off I would swim (which was relatively new for me) and then do a lift. Coupled with a primal diet this worked wonders on my body, and I am getting stronger (still weak for my size). Heres the question: as I have gotten better at swimming I have started doing more and more laps. I am up to twenty, and I am curious at what point I need to stop adding laps and just call it good, much like I have just called it good at a 2.5-3 mile run distance. Its not really time preventative because 20 laps only takes me 25 minutes or so, so theoretically I could probably do 40 laps at a time before I ran into issues with it taking to long. So do I keep adding laps as I find it necessary or call it good? |
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keep swimming..you'll be getting faster and gaining more endurance to where you can sprint for 2hours.. heh, well not that long...
hinder.... lol.... not. it's a different type of cardio than running..... mix it up! you gotta tune that engine inside. picture a dragster engine...that was me in the pool at peak...it's been downhill for 10 years you're probably dragging your feet a bit....practice propulsion with them.... |
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I have a few questions about how consistent swimming will help or hinder me in my lifting and runnning. Unless you're overweight and swimming is helping you to drop weight, it won't help your running. Swimming uses different muscles in a different ROM. It won't do much for your strength either since you're doing literally hundreds of repetitions. You're not pushing the maximal force generating capacity of your muscles at all. That said, swimming is a nice complement to other forms of exercise for those same reasons. Quoted:
Heres the question: as I have gotten better at swimming I have started doing more and more laps. I am up to twenty, and I am curious at what point I need to stop adding laps and just call it good, much like I have just called it good at a 2.5-3 mile run distance. Its not really time preventative because 20 laps only takes me 25 minutes or so, so theoretically I could probably do 40 laps at a time before I ran into issues with it taking to long. So do I keep adding laps as I find it necessary or call it good? That depends on your goals. More swimming will make you better at swimming. If you want to be better at swimming, you enjoy swimming, or you want to expend a few more calories, then swim more. If you don't want those things, get out of the pool and call it good. |