Effective weight training for female swimmers-Y/N?
Former Member
I've joined an online 'milage club'-a group of people with various abilities,some training for marathons others coming back from injuries,all keeping track of and sharing their efforts-and the topic of weight training has come up.Out of 30 or so people I am the only one who swims as well as biking/walking,everybody else runs,walks,bikes or does the elyptical.Does weight training differ for swimmers vs. runners?I swim ***/back stroke only-no free-and I feel as if I already do a lot of upperbody and if I add weights as they are suggested in this blog-I'm gonna compromise my ablity to swim eficiently.Any thoughts or ideas?
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Thanks for the thoughts!I'm somewhat of an anomaly in my group in that I don't excersize to loose weight,I do it for fitness and endurance...and if some pounds come off,great.I don't compete,but I want to make my swimming 'count'-meaning,I work hard to maintain form and speed for the hour+ I'm in the pool.My worry is that if I go with the recomended 45 min.,heaviest weights you can handle 2x3 times a week suggestion by a trainer in our group-I'm gonna have nothing left for the pool!He is a runner-so doesn't have to worry about upper body on his non weight days.Do I go as heavy as I can go,but much shorter time?Or one all out weight day and then no pool,but maybe bike the next?
My other thought was to add paddles and not mess with weights at all...I think there are some that work for *** stroke.
Thanks for the thoughts!I'm somewhat of an anomaly in my group in that I don't excersize to loose weight,I do it for fitness and endurance...and if some pounds come off,great.I don't compete,but I want to make my swimming 'count'-meaning,I work hard to maintain form and speed for the hour+ I'm in the pool.My worry is that if I go with the recomended 45 min.,heaviest weights you can handle 2x3 times a week suggestion by a trainer in our group-I'm gonna have nothing left for the pool!He is a runner-so doesn't have to worry about upper body on his non weight days.Do I go as heavy as I can go,but much shorter time?Or one all out weight day and then no pool,but maybe bike the next?
My other thought was to add paddles and not mess with weights at all...I think there are some that work for *** stroke.
