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to follow this starting in January, but when it came right down to it, the plans seemed nebulous and possibly a bit out of date compared to other plans I had available (non swim specific).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?
would you mind sharing how much/how often you are swimming a week and how often you do drylands/strength work?
I guess the essence of my thread is that I'm really trying to put together the nuts and bolts of how to maximize my swim time but also do strength training without being trashed physically. Whenever I stop lifting and swim rested I am so much faster and energetic. yet I really want to build my strength. plus, for my age (43) and gender I know I really need to do weight bearing exercise. Cause I swim every day. No running or other such nonsense!
My recollection of his book is that it seemed designed for high school kids who weren't really lifting weights yet. Some of the exercises in the book -- good mornings, squats, back extensions -- are fantastic, IF you use actual weight. I'm not really impressed with stretch cords. Lifting will indeed kill a swim workout or at least make you feel terrible during it, especially heavy upper body lifting. This season, I've been sticking to lifting 2x a week (haven't done any upper body due to elbow issues) and have felt great in the water. I previously had sometimes tried to do a third dryland workout, probably too much (at age 50). I swim 5x a week with 3 speed/lactate workouts.
would you mind sharing how much/how often you are swimming a week and how often you do drylands/strength work?
I guess the essence of my thread is that I'm really trying to put together the nuts and bolts of how to maximize my swim time but also do strength training without being trashed physically. Whenever I stop lifting and swim rested I am so much faster and energetic. yet I really want to build my strength. plus, for my age (43) and gender I know I really need to do weight bearing exercise. Cause I swim every day. No running or other such nonsense!
My recollection of his book is that it seemed designed for high school kids who weren't really lifting weights yet. Some of the exercises in the book -- good mornings, squats, back extensions -- are fantastic, IF you use actual weight. I'm not really impressed with stretch cords. Lifting will indeed kill a swim workout or at least make you feel terrible during it, especially heavy upper body lifting. This season, I've been sticking to lifting 2x a week (haven't done any upper body due to elbow issues) and have felt great in the water. I previously had sometimes tried to do a third dryland workout, probably too much (at age 50). I swim 5x a week with 3 speed/lactate workouts.
