I just finished reading Cecil Colwin's book, "Breakthrough Swimming" (very good book). In his chapter on stroke technique, he states that swimming with a weight belt is an effective means for a swimmer to learn how he or she can best exert maximum leverage in the water, and thus generate greater propulsion. Has anyone tried this? If so, how much weight did you use, and what kind of sets did you do? Did you find it beneficial?
Thanks,
Dan
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So try it before you buy it.:D:D
Find a SCUBA buddy and borrow his dive belt and 10-20 pounds of lead. Swim 10 X 50’s on 1:30 fast, maintaining proper body position and then let me know if you see the benefit of this as a training tool.
Weight training, sprint work, stretch cords, drag chutes can all be incorporated into a workout. So can weighted swimming.
Note a properly cinched up weight belt produces no more drag than your typical heart monitor. The drag/resistance come in from falling hips, so keep those hips up.
I wonder if it's like running with ankle weights. I used to train for football (soccer) with ankle weights and then remove them when we had the training matches...I felt like "Bambi on the ice" when the weight was removed.
So try it before you buy it.:D:D
Find a SCUBA buddy and borrow his dive belt and 10-20 pounds of lead. Swim 10 X 50’s on 1:30 fast, maintaining proper body position and then let me know if you see the benefit of this as a training tool.
Weight training, sprint work, stretch cords, drag chutes can all be incorporated into a workout. So can weighted swimming.
Note a properly cinched up weight belt produces no more drag than your typical heart monitor. The drag/resistance come in from falling hips, so keep those hips up.
I wonder if it's like running with ankle weights. I used to train for football (soccer) with ankle weights and then remove them when we had the training matches...I felt like "Bambi on the ice" when the weight was removed.
