{"id":111082,"date":"2014-10-03T15:01:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T22:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=111082"},"modified":"2016-01-07T11:06:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T18:06:41","slug":"having-trouble-activating-the-core-muscles-try-this-dryland-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/having-trouble-activating-the-core-muscles-try-this-dryland-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Having Trouble Activating the Core Muscles? Try This Dryland Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

SANTA CLARA, California, October 3. Swimming is unique. Below are just a few ways it differs from land sports:<\/p>\n

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  1. Prone (on stomach) body orientation<\/li>\n
  2. Arm and legs used simultaneously<\/li>\n
  3. Water immersion<\/li>\n
  4. Unstable medium of water<\/li>\n
  5. Minimal equipment use<\/li>\n
  6. Swimmers have brief periods of hypoxia (holding breathing)<\/li>\n
  7. Highly dependent on biomechanics<\/li>\n
  8. The pool is the avenue for most energy system training<\/li>\n
  9. Brief breaks during turns<\/li>\n
  10. Water cools the body<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These are only some of the differences land athletes and swimmers face in their respective sports, yet many principles from other sports are applied to swimming.<\/p>\n

    Understanding these subtleties makes swimming vastly different and in need of a different approach. Core training<\/a>\u00a0should enhance a swimmers potential, keeping in mind the subtleties of the sport. Dryland is the soil from which the flower grows, but the seed (swimming training) is where the flower comes from!\u00a0Keep this in mind during this core exercise which integrates the core and arms<\/a>, as well as breathing.<\/p>\n