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to follow this starting in January, but when it came right down to it, the plans seemed nebulous and possibly a bit out of date compared to other plans I had available (non swim specific).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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OK, then, what is the prevailing opinion about how to tell when lifting has become too much? Speed decreases are bound to happen but what would be YOUR signal that less might be better?
About 2 months ago I tried to swim a coached workout, and I had to quit after 700 m. My shoulder just gave way like muscle failure. I'd lifted to failure, but I'd never felt that sort of muscle failure while swimming. That was when I took some time off and decided to stick to 2x/week of weights. With strategic timing to keep weights as far as possible from speed/lactate type workouts. This seemed to be a good combination for me.
OK, then, what is the prevailing opinion about how to tell when lifting has become too much? Speed decreases are bound to happen but what would be YOUR signal that less might be better?
About 2 months ago I tried to swim a coached workout, and I had to quit after 700 m. My shoulder just gave way like muscle failure. I'd lifted to failure, but I'd never felt that sort of muscle failure while swimming. That was when I took some time off and decided to stick to 2x/week of weights. With strategic timing to keep weights as far as possible from speed/lactate type workouts. This seemed to be a good combination for me.
