Have you ever wondered how swimmers develop such athletic and finely tuned bodies? The fact of the matter is in the modern world everyone seems to accept the certainty that swimming is one of the best forms of exercise to not only build up your fitness levels but to also tone up your muscles. So, …
Read moreIs Swimming Cardio Or Strength Training?- Complete Guide
Incorporating lifting and other various forms of resistance training with weights is becoming increasingly popular among competitive swimmers from many different levels. The reason is simple- these workouts help swimmers to develop strength, muscle, and power, which in return allows them to swim faster. Today, however, we will be taking a look at some dryland …
Read moreDryland Workouts For Swimmers Without Weights- Pro Guide
As competitive swimmers, we are always looking to become faster and better swimmers. (Swimming strength training can help us achieve this.) We want to push our bodies to the limits at swimming practice, but also away from the pool to optimize our chances of becoming the best possible swimmer that we can be. Swimming strength …
Read moreSwimming Strength Training- The Swimmer’s Complete Guide
Distance swimmers usually aren’t the biggest and most muscular swimmers in the pool. Your strongest and most muscular swimmers are usually the sprint swimmers, followed by the middle-distance swimmers and only at the very end will you find your distance swimmers. That said, weight training for distance swimmers can still definitely help to increase your …
Read moreWeight Training For Distance Swimmers- 8 Awesome Exercises
Strength and conditioning for swimmers have become an increasingly popular matter in the modern world of competitive swimming. Strength and conditioning for swimmers can be defined as the physical and physiological development of swimmers for elite and enhanced performance in the water. The role of strength and conditioning is to use exercise to specifically improve …
Read moreStrength and Conditioning For Swimmers- Your Complete Guide
Do you want to incorporate weight lifting into your training to become a better and faster swimmer? But feeling a bit overwhelmed and don’t know where to start? Don’t worry! Today I’ll cover everything you want to know. I’ll even provide you with step by step instructions to ensure that you are maximizing your results …
Read moreSwimming and Weight Training- Your Free And Complete Guide
Cross-training is defined as- “the action or practice of engaging in two or more sports or types of exercise in order to improve fitness or performance in one’s main sport”. Today we will be taking a look at cross-training for swimmers. Cross-training is frequently used by elite athletes from all sports to help them to …
Read moreCross Training For Swimmers- 8 Effective Training Methods
Competitive swimming is often described as one of the most complex sports to master. There are so many things that go into it- technique development, nutrition, mental training, dry-land, and of course strength training as well. And that’s why today we will be taking a look at the best strength exercises for swimmers. There are …
Want to become a faster swimmer and improve your swimming times? Well, an effective way of achieving this is to incorporate core training on a regular basis. Core training is easily one of the most important things a swimmer can do to improve their times in the water and that’s why we will be taking …
If I had to recommend one single exercise to swimmers it would be the pull-up. And that’s why in today’s article we will be looking at why every swimmer should do pull-ups. Pull-ups are one of the most common and basic exercises out there, yet it is still one of the best and very challenging. …
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