Swimming

melduf

Hi,

Since I am not fond of running, I decided to swim. I do about 40 laps (1 km) in half an hour twice a week. I start with 20 laps (3 crawl, 1 breaststroke) then I do kick only, then arms only, a litlle bit of back crawl.

Anyone has suggestions to add a little diversity to that?

Thanks

BrianSharpe

My swimming is terrible so I can't offer anything other than kudos on knocking off a km in the pool in half an hour........

jcpmoore

If you really want some variety, throw some fly in there and really work your shoulders out. Then add some water jogging before your cool down.

charlieandrew1980

Backstroke - V good for concentrating on either arms or legs or working both

melduf

Backstroke, that's what I meant by back crawl (that's how we call it in French, sorry for the bad translation)

As for fly, I do one or two laps and I'm totally worn out :blushing:

I saw a guy doing the jogging thing yesterday. I was a bit puzzled about the effectiveness of it.

Cool_Story_Bro_Tell_It_Again

water jogging is a good workout if you sit a bit low in the water and punch your arms through the water...very tiring and good workout. I usually try to do high knees at a fast rate with the water up to my chest and exaggerate my arm swing. If that is too easy, try and doing it with your palms open....

120weeks

Count how many breaths is takes you to get through a length then try decreasing it by one for the next length or two. You can also time one length, then speed up for the next 4 lengths and repeat intervals. One thing I like to do is swim with a float between my legs and use hand paddles. Sometimes I will only use my paddles the entire workout and do speed intervals.

blackcoffeeandcherrypie

Try doing a couple of laps using your legs only, your will feel it in your lower abdomen muscles! :-)