Weight Training

read in a physiology book that weight training and aerobic training should not be done one right after the other, or else the aerobic component will erase some of the training effect of the resistance exercise Come on, do you really think that doing gym weight workout and following up with aerobic training (swimming) will erase some of the training effect? That is beyond belief. Many college teams do weights and hard (for us) swimming every day. If properly done, weight training causes immediate effects to the muscles at the cellular level. The hormones and other substances released by properly stressing one body area actually flows through the blood stream and affects the other body parts. It is called the "training effect". Injured body parts benefit from working out other body areas. If fact, I have long been a proponent of doing a hard full body weight workout, followed by aerobic training - swimming. Swimming soon after doing weights clears lactic acid out of the muscles and allows faster recovery from doing weights. Note I am saying aerobic swimming, not hard sets that generate additional lactic acid like sprint sets and reduced breathing sets. I have an article on weight training at www.breaststroke.info. Note all swimmers should be aware that they need to take charge of their workouts. If they are swiming under a good coach 5-6 days a week, you will get a variety of workouts, some freestyle, one day might have long distance freestyle sets. Another day might have shorter sprint sets, yet another day may have IM sets that work more muscle groups. This is what is ideal. But what about the average master swimmer that swims three days a week. They might miss the long slow day, and do nothing but sprint sets because they are working the shorter sets hard. This can be very detremental to your muscles and your swiming improvement. You as an adult masters swimmers needs to be aware that you can vary your intensity every single day you swim. So on a day you do weights, take control of your workout and swim slower, stretching out more. Work harder (lactic acid) at least one day a week, but not two in a row. I am one of those who is lucky if I get three workouts in a week. But EVERY day I swim, I work on something beyond what the coach is giving us. Every turn is a race turn. Every pushoff the wall is for perfection, when I am doing breaststroke I try to go 13 to 15 yards underwater, every single length. I work on small things like sucking my stomach in (large:D ), back straight with no curvature, one thumb wrapped over the top of the other hand, and about ten other things, EVERY length I swim. With a 3000 yard workout that is 60 lengths to work on things. And that would be a short workout, most of us are covering more yardage. Hope this helps Coach Wayne McCauley ASCA Level 5 18 years in a row Top 10 :drink:

read in a physiology book that weight training and aerobic training should not be done one right after the other, or else the aerobic component will erase some of the training effect of the resistance exercise Come on, do you really think that doing gym weight workout and following up with aerobic training (swimming) will erase some of the training effect? That is beyond belief. Many college teams do weights and hard (for us) swimming every day. If properly done, weight training causes immediate effects to the muscles at the cellular level. The hormones and other substances released by properly stressing one body area actually flows through the blood stream and affects the other body parts. It is called the "training effect". Injured body parts benefit from working out other body areas. If fact, I have long been a proponent of doing a hard full body weight workout, followed by aerobic training - swimming. Swimming soon after doing weights clears lactic acid out of the muscles and allows faster recovery from doing weights. Note I am saying aerobic swimming, not hard sets that generate additional lactic acid like sprint sets and reduced breathing sets. I have an article on weight training at www.breaststroke.info. Note all swimmers should be aware that they need to take charge of their workouts. If they are swiming under a good coach 5-6 days a week, you will get a variety of workouts, some freestyle, one day might have long distance freestyle sets. Another day might have shorter sprint sets, yet another day may have IM sets that work more muscle groups. This is what is ideal. But what about the average master swimmer that swims three days a week. They might miss the long slow day, and do nothing but sprint sets because they are working the shorter sets hard. This can be very detremental to your muscles and your swiming improvement. You as an adult masters swimmers needs to be aware that you can vary your intensity every single day you swim. So on a day you do weights, take control of your workout and swim slower, stretching out more. Work harder (lactic acid) at least one day a week, but not two in a row. I am one of those who is lucky if I get three workouts in a week. But EVERY day I swim, I work on something beyond what the coach is giving us. Every turn is a race turn. Every pushoff the wall is for perfection, when I am doing breaststroke I try to go 13 to 15 yards underwater, every single length. I work on small things like sucking my stomach in (large:D ), back straight with no curvature, one thumb wrapped over the top of the other hand, and about ten other things, EVERY length I swim. With a 3000 yard workout that is 60 lengths to work on things. And that would be a short workout, most of us are covering more yardage. Hope this helps Coach Wayne McCauley ASCA Level 5 18 years in a row Top 10 :drink: