Bile12345
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If I were to swim 5 days a week after lifting as cardio would it affect my muscle mass? I would swim for like 30 minutes immediately after lifting and swim about 1000 meters.
4 laps sounds about right lol..Nope, good thing about swimming is it is a resistance and cardio workout.
Don't stop lifting and you can swim your heart out. (Which for me is about 4 laps)
Your strength hasnt actually lowered, rather your muscles have a fatigue in them that makes it harder to lift.the only problem with swimming is your strength will nose dive or at least it always has for me. Moreso than running or biking outdoors has for me.
Can you elaborate on that statement. Is it 40-60 hours per week, such as runners usually top out their progress when they go over about 40-60 miles per week?The essence of swimming is muscular endurance. Muscular endurance means how many times you can lift a given weight(or perform a certain stroke) in a row without stopping. Oddly, this type of training soes tend to undermine strength as well as mass, but not by a large amount. A good way to preserve your strength would be to swim after lifting, and only swim every other day, as 40-60 hours is the point of supercompensation for endurance training
I believe he is talking about recovery. Only swimming every other day would give you 48 hours to recover before your next swim session. If I'm wrong feel free to slap me :spank:Can you elaborate on that statement. Is it 40-60 hours per week, such as runners usually top out their progress when they go over about 40-60 miles per week?
My knowledge of swimming and endurance training for swimming is still developing.
Thanks
Br
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