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2005/10/09, 12:48 PM
Hey mates. My question is kind of two fold so hopefully I'll get some answers from all those who know more about this then me hah.
My first question is, should I be drinking a protien shake even if I'm not lifting weights? I'm currently on a swimming routine and watching my diet, but I'm curious as to wether or not I should be drinking protein shakes after my swimming exercises? I know weight training would help my results and help me get to my goals faster, but I am honestly just burnt out right now. I'm not gonna sit here and make a lot of excuses about it, I just would rather swim right now and watch my diet. In the future I will get back into the weights, but as of right now I'm gonna be sticking with swimming added with some situps/pushups and the likes. So, even though I'm not benching, should I still be drinking my protien shakes?
And for my second question. I recently created my own swimming routine. It's not much, and I really would like some critiques on it and any suggestions to how I can get the most out of a swimming work out. My current one is as follows.
An easy warmup of 100 yds (4 lengths in a 25 yd pool) FreeStyle.
Next I go into a ladder exercise. Freestyle 25 yds and rest 12-20 secs. Then 50 yds, rest. 75 yds and rest, so on up to 100 yds and then back down to 25 yds.
Then I start my cooldown, prob 2 easy 25's.
Should I be breaking down my workout even more, adding more laps, isolating different muscle groups through the workouts? any help would be greatly appreciated!
Stay safe mates.
Cheers
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