Presses & Swim

1 May 12 (Tue)

    Warmup

    20 Pullups            (assisted 130lb)

    5 Rounds

    5 Shoulder Press   (75lb, 80, 80, 80, 80)

    Cooldown             (Swimming)

    8 Pool Lengths      (various relaxed kicks / strokes)

  Too many people at Gold's to do proper warmup.  >:|  Won't go in over lunch again, I think.

  Shoulder presses went well. Just the right weight. Didn't get a pinched nerve in my neck, which I occasionally get when doing overheads or handstands. Very good.

  My first use of swimming as a cooldown / workout. Worked great. Lets you get your breath back, pre-swim shower washes off sweat from workout, swim cools you off a bit; nice. There's a bit of a problem with the flutter kick dislocating the knees slightly and crunching cartilage a bit, but I think it's relieved when keeping the legs a bit more bent. I'll work on it.

  There's a lot more involved with using swimming as an exercise, what with the changing clothes back and forth, and the drying off, and what-not. Still... swimming.   :P