{"id":1175,"date":"2021-04-30T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftofmanhood.com\/\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2021-04-30T02:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T02:00:10","slug":"gym-or-swimming-what-should-go-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftofmanhood.com\/gym-or-swimming-what-should-go-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Gym Or Swimming? What should Go First"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This question is asked by many fitness fanatics and truly there is no one answer that is correct or incorrect so let’s see what we should do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Depending on your goals and fitness level (aerobic and anaerobic fitness levels), you will choose to either do swimming or weight training first. Another factor to consider is the types (intensity) of each and the duration you will be doing them for. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This article will cover aspects of swimming and weight training, relating them to one another and comparing them to specific forms of training. Understanding this will allow us to determine which exercise should be done first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Swimming is an aerobic exercise that works almost if all the major and minor muscles in the body, depending on what stroke you use. It can be great for getting fit or shedding those excess pounds that you just can’t seem to get rid of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have been exercising for a while and hit a plateau, then swimming may just be the thing you need to shock your body into overcoming that hurdle to take you into the next level of your conditioning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Many individuals think that swimmers don’t train with weights because body mass in terms of weight may as well be equivalent to stone in the water. The heavier you are (even with muscle), the more energy you will need to swim. This is the reason you don’t see many swimmers lifting weights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, there are many benefits to lifting weights (which we will discuss) that you may not have thought of if you are a swimmer and if you have, then that’s why you are reading this article. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the swimming stroke involved, you will use your pecs, lats, quads, hamstring, calves, biceps, and triceps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the most part, every stroke will incorporate the use of your core, shoulders, glutes, back, and quads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We spoke about swimmers not wanting to train with weights for the fear that they might increase their muscle mass and become heavier, impacting their swimming ability. So let’s consider weight trainers now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Individuals who lift weight often never give swimming a second thought because either they are not good at it or think it can’t help them achieve the body they want (it’s just cardio right?). Well, swimming in conjunction with weights can benefit a weight trainer the same way weight training can benefit a swimmer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The advantages for both when compared will be different; however, there are beneficial reasons why each athlete should knuckle down and consider training the other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This will depend solely on the exercise that you are doing, and even then, you can specifically target the muscles associated with that muscle group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, when training back, you can specifically do high rows to target your rhomboid, excluding your middle back muscles. The same concept can be done with the biceps. You can work your inner biceps with your hands being positioned on the inside of a barbell. Conversely, you can have a wide-open grip to work the outer biceps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Going into detail about which exercises you need to do in order to work the various muscle groups is beyond the scope of this article but be sure to check out our other articles on fitness here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\nConsidering swimming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What muscles does swimming use?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Considering weight training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What muscles does weight training use?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n