Do you think swimming helps to improve strength as good as running???? :Thinkingo

Swimming is really good, if you incorporate it in training, but should be done with running. They just serve two different purposes.

thank you, i have hurt my knee before this i used to run but for about 8 months i couldnt run so i must find some different ways to improve cardio

Ive got a similar problem mate, although I dont box, to do cardio is difficult to due a hip, and back problem.

Interval bagwork, and doing the pads. That wears me out like hell

imo, swimmin will build your endurance so much faster
but swimmin hits your legs, abs, and shoulders and defines those muscles
i'd choose swimmin over runnin any day b/c you can do it so many ways and for it not to be borin

my two cents
swimmin > runnin

Sulaiman Nyambui, the greatest college runner ever, prepared for the NCAA's one year running (not swimming) in the pool due to an injury. He won everything he trained for.....

In other words, "thought" is not an issue. He won.....

you should still do both, but swimming is also known to increase tidal volume due to the resistance of the water, and that's never a bad thing.

Too bad I can't swim for ****

An hours hard swimming will do you better than an hours hard running. but obviously you need both.

If a boxer can spend an hour swimming, he's likely spending too much time swimming...

Not many people can swim none stop for an hour. Im pretty sure it wud ****in kill me. But i could run for an hour. I think swimming is better for building stamina where as running will obviously build stamina but make u stronger than swimming would

No, swimming makes your arms stronger. Running makes your legs stronger. You need strength in both for boxing.

i can swim for 1.5 hous without stopping thank you for your replies:grouphug:

Swimming is really good, if you incorporate it in training, but should be done with running. They just serve two different purposes.

that is the right thing to go with

No, swimming makes your arms stronger. Running makes your legs stronger. You need strength in both for boxing.

So what, you use your bicep and tricep while swimming? I don't think so. It's shoulders, back, legs, and abs (any maybe chest depending on what kind of stroke).

triceps you still use

biceps, not so much, but brachialis you do, which performs the typical "bicep" action