I am looking for a weight lifting routine that will benefit my swimming. I am in my late 30's and swim 4 days a week approximatly 1800 meters each work out. I lift weights the other 3 days and do high reps with a 30 second rest between sets and a 2 minute rest between exercises, this being based on a fitness theory I read about. Is this benefiting my swimming or is there a better theory out there?? I would some day like to enter somthing when I feel I am conditioned enough.
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I hear people say weightlifting is good for swimming strength building routines.
However, In my humble view...weightlifting tends to build bulk and is also easy to injure yourself.
I think building strength in 3 ways is good. First by doing intense sprinting in workouts. Secondly, doing strength exercises with your own body weight: pushups, dips, pullups, abs, etc. Lastly, using stretch cords and tubes.
Weightlifting is good for many sports, but swimming requires low weight and mass per unit of strength. In many sports being bigger and heavier is an advantage, but not swimming.:rolleyes:
I hear people say weightlifting is good for swimming strength building routines.
However, In my humble view...weightlifting tends to build bulk and is also easy to injure yourself.
I think building strength in 3 ways is good. First by doing intense sprinting in workouts. Secondly, doing strength exercises with your own body weight: pushups, dips, pullups, abs, etc. Lastly, using stretch cords and tubes.
Weightlifting is good for many sports, but swimming requires low weight and mass per unit of strength. In many sports being bigger and heavier is an advantage, but not swimming.:rolleyes:
