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to follow this starting in January, but when it came right down to it, the plans seemed nebulous and possibly a bit out of date compared to other plans I had available (non swim specific).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?
Gotta say, I LOVE this thread! I've never had wtf and wussiness and suck it up directed at me. It's a new experience and I kinda like it. It's refreshing compared to the "listen to your body" advice that I typically hear.
I'm trying to find out how intensely I can work before the gains are minimal or nonexistent.
It sounds like you may need to do slightly less in each dryland workout. I'm not a wuss either, and I had to learn to curb my intensity somewhat.
"Listen to your body" -- yes to an extent. You don't want to be in pain in the weight room. But you should be tired later. Usually the DOMs improves somewhat after you've been lifting for awhile. If a person backed off every time they were tired, they'd make no forward progress. This is what Jazz means. I'm not a huge fan of lifting to failure either; you can make strength gains without doing that. The most important thing is consistency.
FWIW, after I got serious about weights for a few months and then rested some for a meet, I had big time drops.
Gotta say, I LOVE this thread! I've never had wtf and wussiness and suck it up directed at me. It's a new experience and I kinda like it. It's refreshing compared to the "listen to your body" advice that I typically hear.
I'm trying to find out how intensely I can work before the gains are minimal or nonexistent.
It sounds like you may need to do slightly less in each dryland workout. I'm not a wuss either, and I had to learn to curb my intensity somewhat.
"Listen to your body" -- yes to an extent. You don't want to be in pain in the weight room. But you should be tired later. Usually the DOMs improves somewhat after you've been lifting for awhile. If a person backed off every time they were tired, they'd make no forward progress. This is what Jazz means. I'm not a huge fan of lifting to failure either; you can make strength gains without doing that. The most important thing is consistency.
FWIW, after I got serious about weights for a few months and then rested some for a meet, I had big time drops.
