5 Tips on Women Swimmers Shoulder Health скачать в хорошем качестве

5 Tips on Women Swimmers Shoulder Health

My generation of Women notoriously have poor upper body strength and in particular shoulder strength. Often at some point as we age it is suggested we take up swimming in place of any impact activity. Of course I think swimming is awesome, it is a life skill. But as we get older it is not beneficial to stop activities that have us doing some jumping. We need that impact for bone and joint health. If you take up swimming or have been swimming, you want to keep or add in jump training as part of your overall health. In combination with the jump training and the swimming, be sure to do strength training. Starting as early as our 30's we begin loosing muscle. Once we get past menopause, the muscle loss can accelerate. That ongoing muscle loss is going to interfere with the quality of our swimming. We have two strikes against us, typical poor upper body strength, and age related muscle loss. Add to this mix that my age group of women grew up with being sold the idea of being small and skinny was desired. Where that left us is with a tendency to under eat and therefore be under-fueled. It also left us with a bone structure like dust, osteopenia or worse osteoporosis. As we age muscles and fascia get kind of tight and sticky limiting our joint range of motion and therefore we are less likely to get into a good position with our stroke mechanics, but also other movements. The body can figure out how to move, but we are compensating to get there. We can get by for a while but eventually the wheels start to fall off. Along with the compensation with our positions we can lose power, with the loss of power we lose speed. We are creating the perfect storm! Spiraling away from good health, just the opposite of what we are looking to do! So what do we do? Add in jump training. Lift weights consistently with good technique building to power lifting. Eat to fuel the workout with carbohydrates and rebuild with protein and carbs. In other words, eat. Have good swim technique, don't compensate your movement patterns. Do mobility work daily to keep good movement patterns, and be pain free! Aim to keep power in your swimming. Try my swim workout for shoulder strength: My Swimmer shoulder Strength workout    • Your Shoulders need some Love