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.
Light weights,high reps are fine for endurance,but if you want to sprint you need power and that comes from low reps and high weight(but build up to it slowly.) I'm a breaststroker so I do work on legs as well as arms(as well as core and rotator cuff,but do NOT do heavy weights in rotator cuff exercises.) Six mo.after starting a regular weight program my 200 Br. improved the most. This surprised me, but I think it improved my DPS and so I wasn't as tired at the endof the race.
Light weights,high reps are fine for endurance,but if you want to sprint you need power and that comes from low reps and high weight(but build up to it slowly.) I'm a breaststroker so I do work on legs as well as arms(as well as core and rotator cuff,but do NOT do heavy weights in rotator cuff exercises.) Six mo.after starting a regular weight program my 200 Br. improved the most. This surprised me, but I think it improved my DPS and so I wasn't as tired at the endof the race.
