I currently swim 6 sessions per week (Mon Tue Thu Fri morning, Tue evening, Sat afternoon, with 2 rest days (Wednesday and Sunday). Recently I have added weight training into my routine, and I would like to do it for 4 weeks. I have currently put them on evenings Monday, Wednesday and Sunday last week (45 minutes each season), but after my weight training, I feel my muscle stiffness and tightness (especially my pecs) sustained overnight, sometimes affecting my swim training as well.
Am I putting my weight training to inappropriate times, or should I sacrifice some of the swim sessions for that? (I am using a progressive overload schedule for my swim training, gradually increasing my training mileage, but that does not include any weight training which I never had before)
I've never weight trained before. Will it actually help my swimming if it is affecting my normal swimming routine like I'm describing above? And I'm swimming 7 - 11 km each week by the end of last year, and 12 - 15 km each week now.
Well, it depends what you're doing for weight training. Being stronger is usually a good thing in general. But you really have to give it a few weeks to acclimate your body before you declare that it's "affecting your normal swimming routine."
I've never weight trained before. Will it actually help my swimming if it is affecting my normal swimming routine like I'm describing above? And I'm swimming 7 - 11 km each week by the end of last year, and 12 - 15 km each week now.
Well, it depends what you're doing for weight training. Being stronger is usually a good thing in general. But you really have to give it a few weeks to acclimate your body before you declare that it's "affecting your normal swimming routine."
