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?
blog.metaboliceffect.com/.../
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Weight training needs to follow the same principle as your swimming training. You need to train in phases such as hypertrophy, strength, power and endurance. Don't just do all strength training as this can actually make you lose strength. It is important to have a minimum of a 14 week plan.
Another thing to consider is that you should never do any more than 4 weeks in a row of high intensity weight training. After 3-4 weeks of intense training you need to have a very light week. This allows your muscles to adapt to the training and will compliment your other pool sessions.
Interesting thoughts. Do you have a source for such a 14wk plan?
Weight training needs to follow the same principle as your swimming training. You need to train in phases such as hypertrophy, strength, power and endurance. Don't just do all strength training as this can actually make you lose strength. It is important to have a minimum of a 14 week plan.
Another thing to consider is that you should never do any more than 4 weeks in a row of high intensity weight training. After 3-4 weeks of intense training you need to have a very light week. This allows your muscles to adapt to the training and will compliment your other pool sessions.
Interesting thoughts. Do you have a source for such a 14wk plan?
