Hi,
I started swimming very recently (last week). I was wondering whether gaining some weight (muscle) on the upper body would help my swimming endurance.
I have been running for a year now. My 5k time is 18'01". I have a typical runner body, ei. basically no muscle on the upper body. I am 134 lbs (61kg), for 5.7 ft (175cm).
Should I try to do some weight training exercises outside of the pool to gain muscle mass? Or the muscles will take care of themselves if I only swim regularly?
Or is it just about the technic and I should not worry about the upper body muscles?
Thanks a lot!
jerome (male, 27 y.o)
I started swimming very recently (last week). I was wondering whether gaining some weight (muscle) on the upper body would help my swimming endurance.
I have been running for a year now. My 5k time is 18'01". I have a typical runner body, ei. basically no muscle on the upper body. I am 134 lbs (61kg), for 5.7 ft (175cm).
Should I try to do some weight training exercises outside of the pool to gain muscle mass? Or the muscles will take care of themselves if I only swim regularly?
Or is it just about the technic and I should not worry about the upper body muscles?
Thanks a lot!
jerome (male, 27 y.o)