Make a splash: How to make swimming a part of your fitness and workout routine

You see athletes relaxing in swimming pools all the time. After leg day, swimming is also a low impact activity that relaxes the entire lower body, leading to better recovery and less risk of injuries," states a Hussle article titled, How To Incorporate Gym And Swim Into Your Workout. A 2009 study published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine, and titled, Effects Of A Recovery Swim On Subsequent Running Performancehas led to much discussion about the effects of swimming on running. To find out the effects of a swimming-based recovery session, “implemented 10 hours post high intensity interval running" on certain performance parameters the next day. “A swimming-based recovery session, implemented 10 hoursafter the completion of a high intensity running session, resulted in a significantly greater performance on a TTF test the following day.