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to follow this starting in January, but when it came right down to it, the plans seemed nebulous and possibly a bit out of date compared to other plans I had available (non swim specific).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?
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NO, hearing suck it up is fine.. I like feeling DOMS, what I don't like is having shaking arms when I'm trying to swim with cooked pasta arms. I don't have the luxury of separating weights from a swim workout at morning/evening, so I am locked into weights and then run to swim.
And basically, that's what I'm trying to do--lift strategically around swim workouts and mid season, not when i'm swimming for results. For instance, I've been off weights the last 2 wks because of a meet, and I THINK I may delay a bit more because I'm considering an OW event in a month. I think I need to spend the lift time doing more long steady swims at this point alternating with structured coached workouts.
Plus my gardening and weeding, which sure feels like deadlifting!
I didn't grow up doing sports, so beginning at age 41 (I'm 43 now) has been strange--figuring out when to suck it up and when it is a real limitation.
I think mid May I will hit the weights again 2x/week. That seems to be good for what I can handle with my life ( two young sons, and a husband).
NO, hearing suck it up is fine.. I like feeling DOMS, what I don't like is having shaking arms when I'm trying to swim with cooked pasta arms. I don't have the luxury of separating weights from a swim workout at morning/evening, so I am locked into weights and then run to swim.
And basically, that's what I'm trying to do--lift strategically around swim workouts and mid season, not when i'm swimming for results. For instance, I've been off weights the last 2 wks because of a meet, and I THINK I may delay a bit more because I'm considering an OW event in a month. I think I need to spend the lift time doing more long steady swims at this point alternating with structured coached workouts.
Plus my gardening and weeding, which sure feels like deadlifting!
I didn't grow up doing sports, so beginning at age 41 (I'm 43 now) has been strange--figuring out when to suck it up and when it is a real limitation.
I think mid May I will hit the weights again 2x/week. That seems to be good for what I can handle with my life ( two young sons, and a husband).
