Swim fitness using a rubber band?
Let me start by saying that I am FIRMLY in the "needs form improvement" quadrant of swimming capability.
Life, the universe and everything sometimes gets in the way of me getting to the pool. I've seen a few YouTube videos of people using a tube like rubber band to help maintain/improve swim fitness. You basically attach it to the top of a door, food in half and execute "stroke like" movements. My questions are
1 Do these types of workouts work?
2 If so, what would be a good workout? I know the average number of strokes I take for a pool length. Should I try to simulate my missed pool workout at home?
Life, the universe and everything sometimes gets in the way of me getting to the pool. I've seen a few YouTube videos of people using a tube like rubber band to help maintain/improve swim fitness. You basically attach it to the top of a door, food in half and execute "stroke like" movements. My questions are
1 Do these types of workouts work?
2 If so, what would be a good workout? I know the average number of strokes I take for a pool length. Should I try to simulate my missed pool workout at home?
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If you are putting yourself in that category, then I would say that using tubing to simulate a swim workout will definitely not improve your form. I think it would improve strength and fitness, but as Coach R denotes here, are you either more in the "in need of technique" category or "in need of improving swim fitness" category based on your race times. If you are a slower swimmer, it is probably best to work on technique, which I really don't believe can be gained on tubing
Here was a discussion about this topic in the Jan OS forum: http://members.endurancenation.us/F...fault.aspx.
It's not so much about whether it would hurt (and it could hurt-- we used to do a LOT of the tubing in HS and then ice our shoulders wondering why it hurt so much), but about whether it could actually help.