Are shoulder injuries caused solely by improper stroke mechanics? Can we avoid all pain using perfect technique? Can we throw away the ice pack forever? Or can shoulder pain be caused by other factors as well? Vote if you have an opinion.
Which raises the question: if one's problems are caused by the stabilizing muscles getting fatigued, does doing a lot of dryland exercise of these muscles help or hurt? Or perhaps is there a way to build up these muscles without causing further fatigue that might actually make things worse? It would definately seem to argue against doing dryland before swimming.
The flip side of that is that you can just as easily hurt yourself lifting if you lift after swimming because of muscle fatigue. Rotator cuff exercises are different they aren't really lifting in the sense you are talking about. Additionally, it's been discussed at length here that most top programs lift before they swim. I think it was Jeff (?) that said they did it the other way around one year at UT and lots of guys were getting hurt.
Which raises the question: if one's problems are caused by the stabilizing muscles getting fatigued, does doing a lot of dryland exercise of these muscles help or hurt? Or perhaps is there a way to build up these muscles without causing further fatigue that might actually make things worse? It would definately seem to argue against doing dryland before swimming.
The flip side of that is that you can just as easily hurt yourself lifting if you lift after swimming because of muscle fatigue. Rotator cuff exercises are different they aren't really lifting in the sense you are talking about. Additionally, it's been discussed at length here that most top programs lift before they swim. I think it was Jeff (?) that said they did it the other way around one year at UT and lots of guys were getting hurt.
