OK folks, here's the query......
If I swim in a meet today and realize that I have a need to build some more strength, can I accomplish any benefit toward a meet seven days from now by doing weight training ??
Or, will I just be breaking down muscle fibre and find myself weaker in seven days ?
What is the time span for realizing benefits from weights without hurting oneself?
I'm on a mission.......................... Bert ;)
Don't be a sissy--- go ahead and lift a LOT of weight before the meet next weekend. This will be an especially significant learning experience if you have not lifted for any amount of time. And we all need to learn the hard way, don't we? Yes, the exquisite pain of the deltoids screaming at you as you try to recover your arms over the water in the 200 fly will certainly be a lesson not soon to be forgotten.
I would not even walk by a weight room 7 days before a swim meet.
Unless you have been in a weight training regimen for some time, the best thing to do is to start slowly before the swimming season starts. If you are in reasonably good shape, it will take about two weeks for the aching and stiffness to subside from the initial training sessions.
If you want some speed for the upcoming swim meet, just intensify your workouts a little bit, eat a high carb diet and get lots of bed rest. A short taper will do little good, if any, so don't bother with that.
Don't be a sissy--- go ahead and lift a LOT of weight before the meet next weekend. This will be an especially significant learning experience if you have not lifted for any amount of time. And we all need to learn the hard way, don't we? Yes, the exquisite pain of the deltoids screaming at you as you try to recover your arms over the water in the 200 fly will certainly be a lesson not soon to be forgotten.
I would not even walk by a weight room 7 days before a swim meet.
Unless you have been in a weight training regimen for some time, the best thing to do is to start slowly before the swimming season starts. If you are in reasonably good shape, it will take about two weeks for the aching and stiffness to subside from the initial training sessions.
If you want some speed for the upcoming swim meet, just intensify your workouts a little bit, eat a high carb diet and get lots of bed rest. A short taper will do little good, if any, so don't bother with that.
