frebay wrote:
SnappingT wrote:
If you don't have the fitness specific to swimming then you probably aren't going to be able to improve your technique. I feel like I have this problem, what are some exercises you recommend to benefit the swim fitness? More time in the water or more dryland excercises like core work and weights?
I swam a ton with a pull buoy mostly and then paddles also with a pull buoy. I know a lot people don’t have this perspective because they started swimming when they were three, but there is a lot of stuff going on in the lower half of your body that is exhausting.
If you do pull buoy work primarily to start it works on building up your upper body endurance that if you didn’t swim you don’t have. Trying to improve your upper body endurance at the same time as you don’t know what your lower half of your body is exhausting and you lose yardage you could get in by using a pull buoy.
Most races I was doing were wetsuit legal any ways so it wasn’t a big deal, but even if you aren’t wetsuit legal, I think this gets you stronger to be more comfortable with or without a wetsuit.