I train both weights and swimming when I have time, so I cannot necessary try for the optimum time. I know that if I get up and train weights at 5 am, and then swim at noon, my swim suffers from the weight training. But the same does not hold true for swimming prior to weights. If I swim at 5 am or noon, and lift after work, I don't seem to have ill affects. Also, if I really work the weights hard, the next day, I really feel it in the pool, kind of a dead feeling in the muscles.
I rarely do meets, but when I do, I stop doing any lifting a couple weeks before so my muscles are more fresh. I find it is good to take a break like that anyway about every 6 weeks of a week off. But I consistently work hard with weights so need the break.
I train both weights and swimming when I have time, so I cannot necessary try for the optimum time. I know that if I get up and train weights at 5 am, and then swim at noon, my swim suffers from the weight training. But the same does not hold true for swimming prior to weights. If I swim at 5 am or noon, and lift after work, I don't seem to have ill affects. Also, if I really work the weights hard, the next day, I really feel it in the pool, kind of a dead feeling in the muscles.
I rarely do meets, but when I do, I stop doing any lifting a couple weeks before so my muscles are more fresh. I find it is good to take a break like that anyway about every 6 weeks of a week off. But I consistently work hard with weights so need the break.
