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to follow this starting in January, but when it came right down to it, the plans seemed nebulous and possibly a bit out of date compared to other plans I had available (non swim specific).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?
Suck it up. If lifting is making you tired in mid season, who cares? It's mid season. Your focus meet is at the end of the season. Saying that lifting might be detrimental to swimming because it makes you tired the same/next day is like saying that swimming itself is detrimental to swimming because it makes you tired in the following minutes.
Jazz is a baby and doesn't always understand the 40+ crowd. But he has a point. You may have to dedicate some time and effort to building a good base of strength. I've been lifting consustently for some years so it probably wasn't too detrimental for me to cut back somewhat this season. You can try to strategically time your workouts around lifting too. I'll often try to schedule a hard workout the day before I lift. And I've always been able to pop off a good speed workout right after lifting. You'll have to use trial and error to find out what works best for you in terms of timing, duration and number of dryland workouts.
I do think, however, there is some real value in swimming very fast in practice in a relatively unfatigued state.
Elaine, I don't do push ups much as they tend to tweak my shoulder. But 42 is fantastic!
Suck it up. If lifting is making you tired in mid season, who cares? It's mid season. Your focus meet is at the end of the season. Saying that lifting might be detrimental to swimming because it makes you tired the same/next day is like saying that swimming itself is detrimental to swimming because it makes you tired in the following minutes.
Jazz is a baby and doesn't always understand the 40+ crowd. But he has a point. You may have to dedicate some time and effort to building a good base of strength. I've been lifting consustently for some years so it probably wasn't too detrimental for me to cut back somewhat this season. You can try to strategically time your workouts around lifting too. I'll often try to schedule a hard workout the day before I lift. And I've always been able to pop off a good speed workout right after lifting. You'll have to use trial and error to find out what works best for you in terms of timing, duration and number of dryland workouts.
I do think, however, there is some real value in swimming very fast in practice in a relatively unfatigued state.
Elaine, I don't do push ups much as they tend to tweak my shoulder. But 42 is fantastic!
