Has anyone used any of the strength training plans from this book by David Salo? I had planned to follow this starting in January, but when it came right down to it, the plans seemed nebulous and possibly a bit out of date compared to other plans I had available (non swim specific). So I went with another option for the time being.
Any thoughts, opinions?
I. Received this book for Christmas and used it to get started with a strength conditioning program. I thought the DVD was marginally useful, but i felt the exercises offered a good start for a dryland program to compliment swimming, especially since I'd never attempted one before and didn't know where to start.
Since then I've kept a few of the exercises and dropped others based on my own body's response, further reading and advice from my chiropractor and husband. I find that I'm still working on tailoring my dryland conditioning as I get more familiar with my own strengths and limitations, but this book was a good place to start for me anyway.
I've been using it, like jswim, as a general guide for picking and choosing. Also use the blogs and Swimming Anatomy. I think Salo intended to provide overall direction/guidance from his experiences and lots of options to let you then figure out what and how to personalize. I refer to it frequently and reread chapters and setions and then make adjustments. Each time i pick it up seems like i learn a little more. It isn't really a cookbook or coach, but the trial and error is ok with me.
I. Received this book for Christmas and used it to get started with a strength conditioning program. I thought the DVD was marginally useful, but i felt the exercises offered a good start for a dryland program to compliment swimming, especially since I'd never attempted one before and didn't know where to start.
Since then I've kept a few of the exercises and dropped others based on my own body's response, further reading and advice from my chiropractor and husband. I find that I'm still working on tailoring my dryland conditioning as I get more familiar with my own strengths and limitations, but this book was a good place to start for me anyway.
I've been using it, like jswim, as a general guide for picking and choosing. Also use the blogs and Swimming Anatomy. I think Salo intended to provide overall direction/guidance from his experiences and lots of options to let you then figure out what and how to personalize. I refer to it frequently and reread chapters and setions and then make adjustments. Each time i pick it up seems like i learn a little more. It isn't really a cookbook or coach, but the trial and error is ok with me.
