2006-07-31 19:35:15 · 8 answers · asked by mizzang3la 2 in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
do all of that stuff it helps strengthen your muscles you might want to do some crunches and weight lifting too.
2006-08-01 03:01:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you want to work your abs because they are the core of your body. The stronger they are the better pull on the water you'll get. Running and doing other sports is also a way to get your endurance up. My team had two practices a week just for weight lifting. And then we had 30 minutes of dry land training after every in water practice. We first worked our abs by doing crunches and V ups (you lay down flat and then lift your upper body and legs up quickly to form a V shape). We also did push ups, wall sits, work with medicine balls (I'll go back to that in a minute), bear walks (walk on "all fours" but you're not aloud to bend your legs. trust me its harder than it sounds), crab walks, and the irsh jig (you bring one foot up to the inside of your legs and tap it with your hand and switch, you want to do this really fast though.) As for the medicine ballls you can hold them while you do your sit ups, or if you work with a friend you stand back to back and quickly pass one it to eachother, lift it up with each arm seperatly and them both at the same time. Also reach behind your head and lift it there too. Well thats all I can really think of so...good luck and i hope it helped.
2006-08-01 09:55:56 · answer #2 · answered by italian_swim_chick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
almost each and every bodybuilding vid that i have considered stated to do your workout slowly, yet I continuously see professional bodybuilders on YouTube doing their workout quickly. I also heard this guy Lee Hayward say that doing them quickly is more effective constructive for muscle progression. I requested this same question a lengthy time period in the past, & some guy advised me that this is a topic that folk were discussing for years. My answer is this. I do all my workouts quickly one week, & sluggish the subsequent.
2016-10-15 10:38:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
push ups, sit ups, running, flutter kicks (if you know what those are, you lay down on your back, lift your feet off the ground and just kick in the air for 20, 30, 40 ,50, 60 seconds then stop!!), lunges, that will help youo, good luck!!!
2006-08-02 06:50:08 · answer #4 · answered by Zoe B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jogging and cycling for endurance. i know you said to swim faster, but if you get out of breath too easily no chance of that happening.
do weight training
lower body and legs-- leg extention, leg curl, squats
torso--back pulldown, front pulldown, pull ups
arms-- biceps and triceps
skipping ropes-- will help you to push off the block and increases leg strength.
2006-08-01 04:15:26 · answer #5 · answered by -WANTED- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOTS of Crunches. Drop some fat weight and bring up your muscle mass. Do some weight training to build your muscles but stick to a high-repition, low-weight routine to keep yourself from bulking up.
2006-08-01 03:57:39 · answer #6 · answered by Mystic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
running. at my highschool we had a bunch of runners that tryed swimming for the first time. well they knew how to swim but because of running they had very powerfull kicks. they were so fast that they all made varsity and i think 3 of them made it to CIF's.
2006-08-03 11:35:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
RUNNING OR JOGGING REALLY HELPS ESPECIALLY WITH KICKS AND LEARNING TO BUILD UP ENDURANCE!!!!
2006-08-02 16:46:40 · answer #8 · answered by All about chevy girl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋