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iiaattgg posted...

i can definitely see how swimming would do that. But I imagine it translates to great fitness overall.

I still struggle with the stretching thing. I literally plan to do it and write it in my workout but I get distracted by the shiny weights and do like a minute of foam rolling and a couple sets of band work instead of the actual amount I should do I wish I could change but I clearly cant

I typically only swim freestyle (i.e. front crawl) and, despite what you might think, it's the legs that are most affected. Squats and deads really go to shit during that time. But I love the feeling after a good, long swim of being both exhausted and invigorated at the same time. My weight stays pretty constant throughout the year but at the end of the summer is usually when it drops that few extra pounds.

With regards to the stretching, that's why I do it in the morning, separate from lifting. It gets the blood flowing early and genuinely makes me ready to tackle the day.

Before a workout I'll do maybe 5-10 minutes of warm ups (jumping jacks, push ups, body weight squats) but I don't go nuts. And I don't really do anything afterwards because usually at that point I'm just physically and mentally done.