I suppose the pros do a lot of dryland exercises since that's part of their living :D What about the amateurs? Is it crucial in order to swim right and well? Especially the core training?
As a master's swimmer I never really made time to do dryland. But, when I was at LCM Nationals last summer, a fellow team member interviewed several of the elite swimmers in masters. The overall message was the importance of retaining muscle mass and to do so everyone of them recommended a dryland regime. I started mine the very next week. Fast forward to this spring's Nationals. Some of my results were the fastest I'd been in 6 years. The only other thing I started was a protein shake so between the two, I believe, they were both important. Our dryland is focused on body weight exercises (almost no weights) and includes specific activities aimed at reducing injury for swimmers.
As a master's swimmer I never really made time to do dryland. But, when I was at LCM Nationals last summer, a fellow team member interviewed several of the elite swimmers in masters. The overall message was the importance of retaining muscle mass and to do so everyone of them recommended a dryland regime. I started mine the very next week. Fast forward to this spring's Nationals. Some of my results were the fastest I'd been in 6 years. The only other thing I started was a protein shake so between the two, I believe, they were both important. Our dryland is focused on body weight exercises (almost no weights) and includes specific activities aimed at reducing injury for swimmers.
