Category: Dryland
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Your Gym Teacher Was Wrong — You Don’t Have To Stretch Before Working Out
Maybe your junior high gym class gave you the idea that before you workout, you need to stretch. Touching your toes might help prevent injury, you might have heard, or help you run as fast as you could. But decades of research have found that static stretching — where you reach and hold your position…
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Top Foam Rolling Exercises For Swimmers | The Apollo Athletic
Recovery is one of the most overlooked parts of any athletes training. With proper eating, sleeping, and active techniques your body will be prepared to train harder and race faster. In this video, you will have me introduce 13 of my top foam rolling exercises to boost your recovery after a tough workout. You can…
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I Trained Like Michael Phelps for the Day (+ Why I Quit Swimming) | Lucy Davis Fit
WORKOUT: Weightlifting regimen: 3 sets of Standing Dumbbell Press of 10-16 reps 3 sets of Dumbbell Front Raise of 10-16 reps 3 sets of Dumbbell Lateral Shoulder Raise of 10-16 reps Compound exercises for flexibility training for Better Swimming POOL SESSION: 11km 6 sets of 300m (50 free, 50 side kick, 50 fly drill, 50…
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Improve Your Breaststroke with These 6 Yoga Poses for Swimmers | Swimming Specific Yoga
A great deal of mobility is required to swim breaststroke with efficiency, a type of mobility that these six yoga poses for swimmers can help you develop.
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25 Minute Dryland Workout For Swimmers | No Equipment | The Apollo Athletic
If you can’t make it to the pool then you are in for a treat. This is complete dryland routine from warm up to warm down. The 25 minutes are broken into 3 target workouts as follows: 0:17 – Focus on legs 10:17 – Focus on core 16:17 – Focus on arms and shoulders By…
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Do all swimmers have squishy bones? | Skills N’ Talents
Swimming is a low impact and non-weight-bearing sport. You don’t have the constant weight of you body pushing down on your bones or joints. You don’t constantly crash into the ground either, the way you do when you are running. This is obviously good for your bones. Or is it? 00:00 – Squishy bones? 00:12…
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Lack of Lifeguards Means No Swim Season for PPS Student-Athletes
Student-athletes who swim for Portland Public Schools will not have a season this year due to a lack of staffing at the pools. The district partners with Portland Parks and Recreation for pool time. Parks and Rec had to lay off multiple staff members last year and the department doesn’t have enough time to hire…
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8-Minute Medball Core Circuit | Swimmer Strength
Exercises: 2 rounds: Elbow Bridge Press – x10 reps each Hollow Throw – x5 reps 3-Way Chest Pass – x5 reps each Overhead Squat – x5 Split Stance Rotational Slam – x5 reps reach 2 rounds: Straight Arm Bridge with variations 30s on 30s off
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Most Bench Presses Underwater – Guinness World Records
Pushing iron was too easy on land for Vitaly Vivchar (Russia), so he took his bench presses underwater.