Laura Matuszak owns and operates the USA Swimming club, and she’s also the head coach. The team, which competes as far away as California, began doing CrossFit as part of its so-called “dry-land training” in the last year and a half. It’s a great departure from previous conditioning work that included 20 minutes of running and 3 sets of 10 of basic exercises.
According to Matuszak, the swimmers, who range in age from 6 to 20, got into it pretty easily.
“There’s no doubt their measurable strength changes,” she says. “They have such a greater, broader range of movement that they’re confident with and they’re comfortable with. I think they have a better understanding of their body and how it works, and that’s always going to help them eventually push their limits.”
She adds: “I think we’re giving these kids athletic potential that we’re going to see … in the future.”
This goes not just for swimming but all sports.
Warm Up
Bear Crawl around Bumper Stacks (weave around)
5 Seated Rope Climbs
5 Line Touches
5 Wall Ball
5 Step Handstand Walk
5 Manmakers
Partner Fun
#1 Row 1K as a team.
1 Person rows while partner 2 does a max bar hang. When partner 2 drops the partners switch. Continue switching until 1K is reached.
#2 6 Min AMRAP
Partners switch back and forth again completing as much as they can in 6 minutes.
D&B Farmer Carry with KB's
Plank Hold
#3 4 Min AMRAP
L-sit on parallettes
D&B Walking Lunges
