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sg516 · 01-25-2008, 01:56 PM

just curious to know any exercises or strenthening techniques that are good for swimming. i was watching the navy swimmers last night at the pool laying on their backs with their legs hanging off a ledge and just kicking for several minutes then jumping in the pool and swimming a couple laps then out and kicking again. it went on for an hour. i can't imagine how rough that is on the abs, glutes, and legs.

so what i was thinking would be good for developing strength would be:
Push press, shoulder press, rows, lat pulldown, cable cross, squats and a variety of ab workouts. are there any others that would be really good for swimming or any of these that shouldn't be done?

01-25-2008, 01:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
sg516 Without ME its just AWESO Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Yokosuka, Japan Posts: 514	swimming and strengthening just curious to know any exercises or strenthening techniques that are good for swimming. i was watching the navy swimmers last night at the pool laying on their backs with their legs hanging off a ledge and just kicking for several minutes then jumping in the pool and swimming a couple laps then out and kicking again. it went on for an hour. i can't imagine how rough that is on the abs, glutes, and legs. so what i was thinking would be good for developing strength would be: Push press, shoulder press, rows, lat pulldown, cable cross, squats and a variety of ab workouts. are there any others that would be really good for swimming or any of these that shouldn't be done? __________________ I intend to live forever, so far so good. Swim! Bike! Run! 1.5k!, 40k!, 10k! Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.