Hi there. It's been a while since I lifted weights... (college) - and I was wondering...
Since my time is limited and I can't make multiple trips to the rec during the day, would it be smarter for me to lift before I swim or after?
What are your thoughts on a personal trainer to help get started?
I realized that I need to start lifting because of how I swam today at my meet. I've been doing some great work at practice - but I think I need a little bit of assistance.
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Thanks,
Sarah
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This, I strongly disagree with. Isolation movements, proper form and rep ranges all allow you to gain benefits from a weight workout post-swimming. If you're in the repetition ranges commonly used by powerlifters, sure, you wouldn't want to workout before that. For the higher ranges I have my swimming clients do, no problems at all.
I agree.
Sprinters need to lift and they can benifit highly from doing power lifts in which case lifting must be done before swimming.
Distance swimmers don't need to lift. Their dryland should be medicine ball, crunchs, push ups, pull ups...and that kind of stuff. This can be done after swimming.
This, I strongly disagree with. Isolation movements, proper form and rep ranges all allow you to gain benefits from a weight workout post-swimming. If you're in the repetition ranges commonly used by powerlifters, sure, you wouldn't want to workout before that. For the higher ranges I have my swimming clients do, no problems at all.
I agree.
Sprinters need to lift and they can benifit highly from doing power lifts in which case lifting must be done before swimming.
Distance swimmers don't need to lift. Their dryland should be medicine ball, crunchs, push ups, pull ups...and that kind of stuff. This can be done after swimming.
