Took today as an Active Rest day, so I decided to swim for 20 minutes. I choose to swim the breast stroke because it uses the completely different muscle groups from those I use when cycling. The movements of the arms promote chest and back expansion as well as lengthening of the torso. The lower body is a adduction, mostly, of the thighs and a rounding motion 'abc' of the ankles. The complete stroke is like doing full body crunches and works the entire core. It just so happens that the places where I have the most 'fat' left is in the areas where cycling is not focused on, and the breast stroke is. I will be trying to get more swims in over the next month or so. Moving from 1 to 2 swims a week to 3-4 swims. I will also try to build my endurance from 20 to 45 minutes over time, (time permitting of course).
This should help with those problem areas, HOPEFULLY!
T
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