Hello,
Do any of you lift weights and if so has it helped with your swimming? (ie: made you swim faster, harder, times are lower etc?)
Thanks
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Coach Wayne MacCauley opined
"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."
Let me refer interested readers to "Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition and Human Performance," which was my source for the concern about weights followed by aerobic exercise. It is a medical text with extensive references to original research articles. Since this is outside of my field of expertise, I cannot give an authoritative, critical evaluation of the claim.
If you can wait until this evening, I'll dig up the page number, give you the exact quotation, and any cited studies.
Coach Wayne MacCauley opined
"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."
Let me refer interested readers to "Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition and Human Performance," which was my source for the concern about weights followed by aerobic exercise. It is a medical text with extensive references to original research articles. Since this is outside of my field of expertise, I cannot give an authoritative, critical evaluation of the claim.
If you can wait until this evening, I'll dig up the page number, give you the exact quotation, and any cited studies.
