Point 3 is fairly obvious -
the freestyle swim stroke will NOT improve your bench press or pull - up strength, so forget about swimming for that purpose.
Not exact matches
I like to use
swimming for HIIT
freestyle Sprint to one side of the pool van side
stroke with 10 - pound rubber brick to the other side
There are ways to do this in virtually every type of low intensity cardio activity: for instance, in
swimming you would leisurely do the breast
stroke and then vigorously change to
freestyle or the butterfly for a lap and try to boost your speed by kicking harder.
Warm up with 500m, alternating 50m of a drill like
swimming with a kickboard or doing a particular
stroke with 50m of
freestyle swimming.
As long as you have the main concept of
swimming, preferably
freestyle (also known as crawl or front
stroke), then you will be just fine.
The exact opposite is true for
swimming - the standard
freestyle or crawl
stroke rotates the arm through a rather extreme range of motion - far greater than that of a bench press, overhead press, or row.
By mixing in the types of
swimming you do (
freestyle, backstroke, breast
stroke), you will give each part of your body the workout it desires.
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Swimming the
freestyle stroke will not only increase your stamina, but it will also make you feel more confident in the water and will help expand your breath.