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« on: January 22, 2012, 11:25:32 AM »
Hello Guys !
First of im a 15 year old swimmer from sweden=) i cant really use my legs when i swim so i only swim whith my arms, i can stand up but i dont use them when i swim. i currently swim 6 times a week a total of 12 hours+ 2-3 workouts. i currently do the teen workout because it covers all the muscles i need for simming but my trainer says that i need endurance muscles. how could i do to get that? do more reps on each excersise?  if so how many?  thanks guys
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    « Reply #1 on: January 22, 2012, 11:28:13 AM »
    Quote from: sharkz on January 22, 2012, 11:25:32 AM
    Hello Guys !
    First of im a 15 year old swimmer from sweden=) i cant really use my legs when i swim so i only swim whith my arms, i can stand up but i dont use them when i swim. i currently swim 6 times a week a total of 12 hours+ 2-3 workouts. i currently do the teen workout because it covers all the muscles i need for simming but my trainer says that i need endurance muscles. how could i do to get that? do more reps on each excersise?  if so how many?  thanks guys

    You gain endurance in swimming by swimming more. :3

    As for the teen workout, just maintain such. Smiley

    As for your legs, do you mean you're unable to kick with it or you don't know how?
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    « Reply #2 on: January 23, 2012, 10:11:55 AM »
    Quote from: MercNil on January 22, 2012, 11:28:13 AM
    Quote from: sharkz on January 22, 2012, 11:25:32 AM
    Hello Guys !
    First of im a 15 year old swimmer from sweden=) i cant really use my legs when i swim so i only swim whith my arms, i can stand up but i dont use them when i swim. i currently swim 6 times a week a total of 12 hours+ 2-3 workouts. i currently do the teen workout because it covers all the muscles i need for simming but my trainer says that i need endurance muscles. how could i do to get that? do more reps on each excersise?  if so how many?  thanks guys

    You gain endurance in swimming by swimming more. :3

    As for the teen workout, just maintain such. Smiley

    As for your legs, do you mean you're unable to kick with it or you don't know how?
    well as i said I'm a professional. disabled swimmer so i got ebdurance but i need to combine it with weight traning to get more endrurance.and if i keep lifting heavy i will get to big mucels with will sort of make me heavy in the water and to answe your question.i have a disability in my legs so i can't use them for swimming
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    « Reply #3 on: January 23, 2012, 10:16:33 AM »
    Arent there swimming forums on the internet? I bet you would be better off there. And you wont get to bulky - at least you will recognize it before it is too late and could stop it in time.

    Michael Phelps also did/does weight training and he is a swimmer too. So I think you dont need to fear it too much.

    And for endurance. It is as Merc said. Swim more Smiley.

    In general it is like: If you want to get better at a specific thing - do that specific thing over and over again. For you it would be swimming (long - for endurance).
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    « Reply #4 on: January 23, 2012, 09:48:44 PM »
    you sound abit like georgie another guy on the forum.

    he does a upper body routine only as he can't use one of his legs.

    his diary > http://www.askscooby.com/progress-diaries/georgie%27s-diary-started-9th-of-july-2010/765/
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    « Reply #5 on: January 23, 2012, 10:09:08 PM »
    Quote from: sharkz on January 23, 2012, 10:11:55 AM
    Quote from: MercNil on January 22, 2012, 11:28:13 AM
    Quote from: sharkz on January 22, 2012, 11:25:32 AM
    Hello Guys !
    First of im a 15 year old swimmer from sweden=) i cant really use my legs when i swim so i only swim whith my arms, i can stand up but i dont use them when i swim. i currently swim 6 times a week a total of 12 hours+ 2-3 workouts. i currently do the teen workout because it covers all the muscles i need for simming but my trainer says that i need endurance muscles. how could i do to get that? do more reps on each excersise?  if so how many?  thanks guys


    You gain endurance in swimming by swimming more. :3

    As for the teen workout, just maintain such. Smiley

    As for your legs, do you mean you're unable to kick with it or you don't know how?
    well as i said I'm a professional. disabled swimmer so i got ebdurance but i need to combine it with weight traning to get more endrurance.and if i keep lifting heavy i will get to big mucels with will sort of make me heavy in the water and to answe your question.i have a disability in my legs so i can't use them for swimming


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    Back in college, I just swam - which gave me endurance.  For you to get big muscles, is a good thing because strength training builds endurance.
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    « Reply #6 on: January 29, 2012, 08:49:39 AM »
    Hey buddy, I'm in a similar boat...depending on what type of swimmer you are differs to what type of workout you would do...I am training for size, strength, and endurence...and that's what you get when working in the 8-15 rep ranges, a bit of everything...so it really differs from swimmer to swimmer.

    now if your a 50m freestyle swimmer, then you would go for explosive training, doing like 6-8 reps real explosive and fast to train your body to be "explosive"...so


    So for u, I would go for 15-20 reps per exercise.
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