Never tried it myself. Is there a certain kind of workout that is more advisable? I was thinking do some quick sprints as I don't want to be at the gym for 3 hours but I don't want to hurt myself either.
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You will feel worse but it is probably better to lift before swimming. The main goal of lifting (at least what SHOULD be the goal) for sports is to increase strength. Strength increases depend largely on the central nervous system "learning" how to use the large muscle fibers and learning how to send stronger "coordinated" signals to muscle fibers to contract.
if the muscles are already tired at the time of lifting, I large part of the strength benefit of the training is wasted. Granted, a swimming workout post lifting will not be as efficient as pre, but I think the sacrifice is much greater to a lifting workout which has a much more singular purpose than a swiming workout which develops the numerous skills necessary to be fast.
Ideally, lift on days you do not swim. However, if you are swimming something like 6x days a week, you will plateau pretty fast on the lifting/strength gain front so after a certain point it won't really matter that much anyways when and how. Use an off season or time when you are not swimming as heavily to make strength gains in the weight room.
You will feel worse but it is probably better to lift before swimming. The main goal of lifting (at least what SHOULD be the goal) for sports is to increase strength. Strength increases depend largely on the central nervous system "learning" how to use the large muscle fibers and learning how to send stronger "coordinated" signals to muscle fibers to contract.
if the muscles are already tired at the time of lifting, I large part of the strength benefit of the training is wasted. Granted, a swimming workout post lifting will not be as efficient as pre, but I think the sacrifice is much greater to a lifting workout which has a much more singular purpose than a swiming workout which develops the numerous skills necessary to be fast.
Ideally, lift on days you do not swim. However, if you are swimming something like 6x days a week, you will plateau pretty fast on the lifting/strength gain front so after a certain point it won't really matter that much anyways when and how. Use an off season or time when you are not swimming as heavily to make strength gains in the weight room.
