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Swimming stretches

[toPh][toPh] Posts: 244
I always stretch before/after both riding and running but never after swimming.

I normally just do a 200m warm up and then straight into it.
But i never do any kind of warm down or stretches afterwards, should I?

What do you do?

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  • risris Posts: 1,002
    i do 300-400 warmup and then ideally a 200-300 warmdown in the pool. i vary my strokes more as well.

    before a race i know i won't have a chance to do a proper warm up so i'll stretch back, shoulders, hamstrings etc on poolside.
  • durhamvamdurhamvam Posts: 246
    I was recommended by my osteo to do backstroke to counter the front crawl muscle use and then a kneeling back stretch and a pecs stretch. I try to do these but don't always get round to it
  • julesojuleso Posts: 279
    I was told by a physio to stretch my calves after swimming because of the fact that my toes would be pointed for an hour. I never actually do, I hasten to add, I just dash off to work.
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