Or do you use your legs too much and add extra fatigue. Also does swimming burn much calories? Haven’t swam in ages but looking to increase variety of activity but still plan it around cycling.

My experience, is swimming doesn’t burn much. I guess it would depend on technique, but at my swimming skill level, most of the out breathness was technique not effort! I didn’t really believe my Garmin Swim, and then my Garmin 920xt, so got one of their swim HRM, and they weren’t far off in terms …

Yeah I’d be going slow alright! Can you spend much time in the water or does your arms get tired quickly?

Again, definitely not an expert, but I was told that you shouldn’t really feel it in your arms and shoulders anyway. The lats should be the driver…

My rest days are swim days. Any kick sets help my legs feel better or I skip them. [image] Macy: you shouldn’t really feel it in your arms and shoulders anyway. The lats should be the driver… This is correct. Now, if I can just get to that point myself… sigh.

even when doing compound motions where the lats are the major mover, you still involve other muscles. Try to do a pullup without using your biceps… As far as calories burned… at least what garmin is telling me sounds about right… I get about 100 calories per 500 yards, but with a really inefficient…

Yes, swimming is good for recovery. Kick sets are good “active recovery” (if such a thing exists) for sore legs. Swimming is also a great way to build your aerobic base without adding much training load, particularly on the legs. And yes, you can burn a lot of calories swimming. I burn more calorie…

Richie Porte of BMC swims as part if his training. See attached video: [Richie Porte's Training Secret]

Yes, it can be really good for recovery days. As mentioned earlier, it does depend on what you’re doing though. If you have a poor stroke and ‘fight’ the water and/or are doing hard efforts, whether long sets (depending on your fitness, 200s, 400s, 500s, 1000s) or sprints, well, that’s not going to …

I always cramp swimming after a hard bike or any running, so I’d recommend learning to use a pull buoy and just focus on technique and easy breathing to keep it a recovery session.

Swimming good for recovery days?

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Macy February 27, 2019, 3:30pm 7

That’s why I said “I was told” as never managed it myself. The beginnings of shoulder niggles on top of sinus issues, was my last swimming straw!

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