I have some questions regarding lifting. I feel compelled to lift - typically 2X per week - for two reasons: 1) just good strength training in general for an aging body. 2) Shoulder and knee injury prevention, but, I really don't enjoy it.
I'm beginning to think that lifting is not helping my swimming, and probably hurting it. The fatigue makes it harder for me to follow through on my intended training sets - intervals, # of reps, or speed.
I also wonder if lifting is contributing to the soreness/tendonitis I often feel in my arms.
I do a variety of exercises using the weight stacks as 3 sets of 12. People tell me that 12 reps means I'm lifting light. Sheesh! to me it feels difficult enough, tiring/burning by the 12th rep, and definitely more so with progressive sets; in short, my weights don't feel light!
I'm thinking I should persevere with my lifting schedule because maybe its helping me "get slower, slower". I'm afraid to run the control experiment.
I'm wondering if I can abandon lifting completely 4 weeks out from my target meet and still maintain whatever strength I have?
I'm wondering if I should drop all lifting from my program now and permanently, and only do shoulder pre-hab, planks, yoga and things like that?
Anybody have any insight on how lifting affects your swimming and how you manage it close to a meet?
Betty,
you have a lot of the "typical" questions regarding weights.
however, you didnt provide enough info for me to have a clear picture of what you are doing and thus makes it impossible for me to help.
info needed:
when do you swim in the day?
what days do you swim?
what swim events are you training for?
when do you lift in the day?
what days do you lift?
are you trying to become a better weight lifter or a better swimmer?
exactly what excercises do you do with the weights on 3x12?
have you tried doing 3x14 with less weight? what about 3x16 or 18 or 20 with even less?
do you keep a written log of your workout swims?
what about of your weights?
if not, why not?
Primer Lugar
Betty,
you have a lot of the "typical" questions regarding weights.
however, you didnt provide enough info for me to have a clear picture of what you are doing and thus makes it impossible for me to help.
info needed:
when do you swim in the day?
what days do you swim?
what swim events are you training for?
when do you lift in the day?
what days do you lift?
are you trying to become a better weight lifter or a better swimmer?
exactly what excercises do you do with the weights on 3x12?
have you tried doing 3x14 with less weight? what about 3x16 or 18 or 20 with even less?
do you keep a written log of your workout swims?
what about of your weights?
if not, why not?
Primer Lugar
