It’s no secret that swimming is a full body workout. That means we need to look after every muscle as well as have strong muscular and cardiovascular endurance. The upper body has a huge part to play in every stroke from freestyle to backstroke. Even with the strongest legs on earth, and a perfect pull, a weak upper body will slow your swimming to a crawl.
Swimmers who are serious about getting results in the pool should also incorporate dryland training into their swim workouts. You can work any body part, but in this article we’re going to focus on the arms. This may well be the part of the body everyone likes to train — it’s much less intense and painful than leg day. Plus, not only can you gain strength that’ll improve your stroke, you’ll find yourself with bigger biceps and triceps.
We will look into gym-based dryland workouts for growing your arms. Following that, we’ll delve into the much more affordable world of no equipment (generally) bodyweight arm exercises for swimmers.
Equipment-Based Arm Exercises for Swimmers
Hopefully, your pool membership also includes access to a gym full of equipment to help you train your arms. There’s tons of equipment in modern gyms that allow arm exercises for swimmers: cables, Smith machines,…
