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to follow this starting in January, but when it came right down to it, the plans seemed nebulous and possibly a bit out of date compared to other plans I had available (non swim specific).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?
I'm referring to lifting to failure--when your muscles can't complete a lift. I believe that is referred to as "lifting to failure". Of course my muscles could work. But not under the load at that time.
There is a school of thought that lifting to failure is not a desirable thing in training. Yes, progressively increase your weight over time and challenge yourself but quit a given set sometime short of complete failure. (You don't *swim* to failure, do you? Of course not.) You'll can still get a heck of a workout.
From what I can tell, I don't think even Jazz lifts to complete failure; I think I remember him saying once that he stops a set when the speed/rate of his reps decrease below a certain amount.
So maybe restructure your lifting workouts with this in mind, and you might well be able to handle 3X per week. Also, Fort's idea of recovery weeks are good. Remember, you only get stronger/faster when you recover from hard workouts.
I'm referring to lifting to failure--when your muscles can't complete a lift. I believe that is referred to as "lifting to failure". Of course my muscles could work. But not under the load at that time.
There is a school of thought that lifting to failure is not a desirable thing in training. Yes, progressively increase your weight over time and challenge yourself but quit a given set sometime short of complete failure. (You don't *swim* to failure, do you? Of course not.) You'll can still get a heck of a workout.
From what I can tell, I don't think even Jazz lifts to complete failure; I think I remember him saying once that he stops a set when the speed/rate of his reps decrease below a certain amount.
So maybe restructure your lifting workouts with this in mind, and you might well be able to handle 3X per week. Also, Fort's idea of recovery weeks are good. Remember, you only get stronger/faster when you recover from hard workouts.
