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to follow this starting in January, but when it came right down to it, the plans seemed nebulous and possibly a bit out of date compared to other plans I had available (non swim specific).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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Um, isn't this exactly what sprinters and race-pace people say when they advocate for (much) more rest between max efforts? Or for recovery days between quality days? In any event, Jazz, you're a bit of an odd source for this statement, what with your mega-yardage philosophy.
When did I say "don't rest?" I spend much more time not lifting weights than I spend lifting weights. I spend much more time not swimming then I spend swimming. But I still swim and lift weights, because if I didn't do those things I'd be slow. This is not an extraordinarily complicated concept.
Just to be super clear: I believe most masters swimmers have a serious deficiency in effort when lifting weights. Swimmers are very eager to complain about soreness, feeling tired, etc. Very few people are interested in working hard consistently to get faster. So that's why my universal advice is: if you are tired, but you are not actually injured and your strength numbers are not decreasing, then suck it up and keep going.
Um, isn't this exactly what sprinters and race-pace people say when they advocate for (much) more rest between max efforts? Or for recovery days between quality days? In any event, Jazz, you're a bit of an odd source for this statement, what with your mega-yardage philosophy.
When did I say "don't rest?" I spend much more time not lifting weights than I spend lifting weights. I spend much more time not swimming then I spend swimming. But I still swim and lift weights, because if I didn't do those things I'd be slow. This is not an extraordinarily complicated concept.
Just to be super clear: I believe most masters swimmers have a serious deficiency in effort when lifting weights. Swimmers are very eager to complain about soreness, feeling tired, etc. Very few people are interested in working hard consistently to get faster. So that's why my universal advice is: if you are tired, but you are not actually injured and your strength numbers are not decreasing, then suck it up and keep going.
