I want to be a swimmer.?
I was on a swim team when I was a kid for a few years, so I know HOW to do the different strokes, and how the meets work and everything, but I haven't been a competitive swimmer in a VERY long time. I went swimming for the first time here at my college's lap pool yesterday, and it was hard work! I'd like to join the swim team sometime, what can I do to make swimming easier and get into shape for swimming quicker?
Answers:
What's the special weight- workouts for swimmers?
Dry Workouts1. Do other exercises/sports besides swimming to build muscle and endurance. If you're going to be serious, you should devote all your free time to this. When you're not swimming, and not at work or school, bike, run, or do a similar sport. Soccer is great, and you can try gymnastics/acrobatics if you are feeling confident.
2. Perform a variety of exercises every morning and evening that suit your style.
* Breaststrokers and flyers should be doing a lot of leg exercises, squats, squatting jumps, and weight exercises, but don't use weights heavier than 10 lbs.
* Freestylers and backstrokers should concentrate on their back and core muscles, and a little on their arms. Do the planck (get down on your toes and elbows, similar to push up position, and try to keep your body as straight and rigid as possible, and hold for a few minutes) a lot, as it is great for abs, back, and obliques.
Wet Workouts
1. Work with a coach whenever possible.
2. Pay attention to your breathing. Don't breathe too much. When racing, freestylers should be taking no more than 7 breaths every two lengths for short distances like the 50 and the 100, and for longer distances they should be breathing every 3 to 5 strokes. Breaststrokers should breathe every stroke, and flyers should breathe every 2 to 3 strokes. Flyers and freestylers should never breathe inside the flags.
3. Reach as far forward as you can during your stroke. If it helps, pretend that you're four, and you can't reach the cookie jar, and you really want a cookie.
4. Kick hard; pretend your legs really tickle, and you just want to get rid of the tickly feeling.
5. Remember that when racing, the wall is your only friend, and that during a race, your sole objective in life is to reach the wall. Nothing else matters.
What type of bathing suit should I wear?
Work out, Swim, Work out, Swim ..Kick, Push, Kick, Push, Kick, Push, coast...
Girls that swim are sexy as hell.
Adult Lessons
Its never to late to learn how to swim, brush up your strokes, put a fitness plan into action, or train for that upcomming triathalon. Adult lessons, taught by a certified Swim for Life Instructor, will help you achive your swimming goals!
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Adult Swimmer and Swim to Survive
Whether you are comfortable in the water or want to build confidence. Adult Swimmer is designed for maximum flexibility. You get to choose which stokes and skills you want to learn from the program menu.
Prerequisites:
Want to be comfortable and safe in the water
Dont know how to swim or can just float on front or back
Want to learn swimming stokes such as front crawl or breaststoke or back crawl
Want to learn skills such as diving and treading water
SEP 27 - OCT 25 Wednesday 8:00 - 9:00PM
NOV 1- NOV 29 Wednesday 8:00 - 9:00PM
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Fitness Swimmer and Distance Swimmer
This level is designed to give you the tools you need to design a personal workout, use the clocks and timers to set your pace, and specialized stretches for swimmers.
Ask you're instructor about the Distance Swimmer program. They'll help you set and accomplish a distance swimming goal such as 200m, 500m, 1km..Excellent for training for events like triathlons!
Prerequisites:
Want to learn how to use swimming for fitness
Comfortable in the water
Can swim 25m (1 length) of 1 or more strokes
SEP 19 - OCT 26 TUE/THU 7:00AM - 8:00AM
run is mostly wat i do to get in shape..dry land is wat i do the most...it's not the thing of being in shape for swimming it's the technique and the style...that make you go fast.and to learn your technique and style you have to practice and at every practice if done right will make you drop seconds...GOOD LUCK!
How to increase speed in breaststroke?
1) Run. It helps build your leg muscles, which helps your kick a lot. Not to mention it helps you to get cardiovascularly fit. Focus a lot on your breathing pattern, too. Try not to breathe too often and irregularly.2) Do lots of core exercises (dryland). They help you maintain your body line when you're in the water, especially when you're rotating in strokes like back and free. And of course, ab work helps a lot with fly, and ab+back work helps with breaststroke. Oh and lift weights or something to help with building arm muscles, since most of the power in fly, free, and back come from your pull.
3) Get a good coach who focuses a lot on technique. Even if you think you know how to swim, you'll be surprised how bad your technique can get when you don't pay attention to it. Technique work will help prevent/minimize injuries to your shoulders, knees, and what not. It's also a lot easier to swim when you don't have to fight the water.
4) Make sure you swim often, but not so much that you burn out.
Good luck! Have fun! Haha how cheesy.
What's the longest time you have held your breath under water.?
Practice alot and hold your breathDry Workouts
1. Do other exercises/sports besides swimming to build muscle and endurance. If you're going to be serious, you should devote all your free time to this. When you're not swimming, and not at work or school, bike, run, or do a similar sport. Soccer is great, and you can try gymnastics/acrobatics if you are feeling confident.
2. Perform a variety of exercises every morning and evening that suit your style.
* Breaststrokers and flyers should be doing a lot of leg exercises, squats, squatting jumps, and weight exercises, but don't use weights heavier than 10 lbs.
* Freestylers and backstrokers should concentrate on their back and core muscles, and a little on their arms. Do the planck (get down on your toes and elbows, similar to push up position, and try to keep your body as straight and rigid as possible, and hold for a few minutes) a lot, as it is great for abs, back, and obliques.
Wet Workouts
1. Work with a coach whenever possible.
2. Pay attention to your breathing. Don't breathe too much. When racing, freestylers should be taking no more than 7 breaths every two lengths for short distances like the 50 and the 100, and for longer distances they should be breathing every 3 to 5 strokes. Breaststrokers should breathe every stroke, and flyers should breathe every 2 to 3 strokes. Flyers and freestylers should never breathe inside the flags.
3. Reach as far forward as you can during your stroke. If it helps, pretend that you're four, and you can't reach the cookie jar, and you really want a cookie.
4. Kick hard; pretend your legs really tickle, and you just want to get rid of the tickly feeling.
5. Remember that when racing, the wall is your only friend, and that during a race, your sole objective in life is to reach the wall. Nothing else matters.
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Adult Lessons
Its never to late to learn how to swim, brush up your strokes, put a fitness plan into action, or train for that upcomming triathalon. Adult lessons, taught by a certified Swim for Life Instructor, will help you achive your swimming goals!
------------------------------...
Adult Swimmer and Swim to Survive
Whether you are comfortable in the water or want to build confidence. Adult Swimmer is designed for maximum flexibility. You get to choose which stokes and skills you want to learn from the program menu.
Prerequisites:
Want to be comfortable and safe in the water
Dont know how to swim or can just float on front or back
Want to learn swimming stokes such as front crawl or breaststoke or back crawl
Want to learn skills such as diving and treading water
SEP 27 - OCT 25 Wednesday 8:00 - 9:00PM
NOV 1- NOV 29 Wednesday 8:00 - 9:00PM
------------------------------...
Fitness Swimmer and Distance Swimmer
This level is designed to give you the tools you need to design a personal workout, use the clocks and timers to set your pace, and specialized stretches for swimmers.
Ask you're instructor about the Distance Swimmer program. They'll help you set and accomplish a distance swimming goal such as 200m, 500m, 1km..Excellent for training for events like triathlons!
Prerequisites:
Want to learn how to use swimming for fitness
Comfortable in the water
Can swim 25m (1 length) of 1 or more strokes
SEP 19 - OCT 26 TUE/THU 7:00AM - 8:00AM
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