I have realised, in order to get quicker, I have to do some weight training. I have been putting it off for long enough.
The reason I haven't is quite simple: I hate going to the gym, particularly by myself. I remember back in High School I had a friend who was into weight training and we trained together for a while. That was fun and we used to spur one another on. I just haven't been able to work up the enthusiasm for weght training despite the fact that I bought myself a pair of dumbells and despite the fact that the pool I go to has a gym attached to it. (I have only poked my head in once - the day that I signed up for the gym)! However, enthusiam issues aside, I have now realised, I have to do it; like it or not.
My question is: When is the best time to do weight training?
I am rather fortunate in that I have about 1 and a half to 2 hours of training time each day. (Usually mid afternoon except on Sat and Sun when I train in the morning). I usually spend an hour and a half in the pool each day.
If I were to apportion some of that time to weight training how much should I give over? Should it be at the beginning or the end of a practice? And how many times a week?
Sincerely
Syd
Tudor Bompa, one of the gurus of modern training theory/periodization, says that you should weight train on your harder training days and do it after your regular workout. The idea is that it decreases the amount of time/reps/etc for the weights since you are already tired and it means that if you do an easy/hard type of day-to-day program, you actually will get a recovery day. Good form and not over-doing it (too much, too heavy) are key, however.
-LBJ
ah ha (says SwimmieAvsFan as the lightbulb goes on!)!!! that would explain our training plan at PSU... i could never figure out why, on the days that we had AM and PM practice, plus drylands, we then had to go lift. and then had only one practice the following day... i guess the above theory is what our coaches and strength/condition guys were operating under...
thanks LBJ! :wave:
Tudor Bompa, one of the gurus of modern training theory/periodization, says that you should weight train on your harder training days and do it after your regular workout. The idea is that it decreases the amount of time/reps/etc for the weights since you are already tired and it means that if you do an easy/hard type of day-to-day program, you actually will get a recovery day. Good form and not over-doing it (too much, too heavy) are key, however.
-LBJ
ah ha (says SwimmieAvsFan as the lightbulb goes on!)!!! that would explain our training plan at PSU... i could never figure out why, on the days that we had AM and PM practice, plus drylands, we then had to go lift. and then had only one practice the following day... i guess the above theory is what our coaches and strength/condition guys were operating under...
thanks LBJ! :wave:
