A few days after my Muay Thai shorts test I found myself not able to really walk without my foot hurting. I took a week off but it still was in pain and I knew my cardiovascular conditioning was dropping quick. I needed a way to get my cardio back up but I couldn’t do sprints or even jog.
I realized that I had two friends that were lifeguards at a local indoor pool. My friend and I checked out the pool and did a bunch of laps. I could feel myself get tired quick because it’s almost like a full body workout. After an hour of swimming, I was so drained I fell asleep while I was in the middle of something. After I woke up I realized how great swimming is and how many people overlook it.
Swimming has so many advantages, such as:
- Helps Posture
- Increases Endurance
- Boosts Strength
- Great for Cardiovascular Conditioning
- Helps Flexibility
- Low Risk of Injury
- Low Impact on joints
- Increase Lung Capacity
There are probably a bunch of other benefits but these are just some. If you can get swimming into your conditioning routine, I guarantee awesome results. Get out your board shorts, pick up a cheap pair of goggles (you may look uncool but you’ll need them), shave all your leg hair and get into a pool. I just freestyle swim (standard way to swim, I suppose) or do a breaststroke. Be creative, I even do a little shadow boxing underwater because of the resistance.
Sun, Mar 23, 2008
Conditioning