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I would say it fits with point number four in the article. I found swimming especially good for avoiding normal "office injuries" in the back and hips. I also t
by subsystem 14y ago
I would say it fits with point number four in the article. I found swimming especially good for avoiding normal "office injuries" in the back and hips. I also think it's great mental training as most of the difference for a novice to go from say 10% to 60% in swimming ability is just relaxing and "finding" decent technique.
- dredmorbius 14y agoStrengthening your back and hips, with posterior-chain exercises (squats, deadlifts, chin-ups, rows, kettlebell swings) will do a lot more for back/hip issues than swimming will. Though swimming does give you a modest amount of lats and trunk stimulus.
- subsystem 14y agoWhile strengthening should be the goal, I'm also talking about loosening by low-impact training.
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- dredmorbius 14y agoYou increase the support in a system by strengthing it, not loosening it. You may want to address imbalances (look up "upper crossed syndrome") by strengthening parts of the system in opposition to those which are overstimulated. Generally, there's not a whole lot of increase in flexibility you can accomplish by casual stretching, and excess flexibility can be a problem -- pregnant women experience a loosening of tendons and ligaments (it helps in moving the baby through the birth canal) which can present problems in strength training. Kettlebell swings are most decidedly low-impact training.