this is steering off track from the threads question....but since its being discussed all add in and pass long the post below from the Race Club. If you didn't follow the Texas invite Nick just went 19.2, 42+, 1:34+, 1:47+ 200 fly all while being sick from a cold....the question of weights relative to swimming/sprint success is very debatable and very personal...personally I have gravitated away from heavy lifting and focused more on flexibility in recent years and have been doing OK..
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njBrunelli
Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 179
Location: tempe Arizona
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: No Weight Lifting For Sprinters??
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I am just wondering about something here for coaches and high level swimmers.
Of all the high level sprinters in the world, what do people think about a sprinter not doing a weight dominated dry-land workout? And I am talking about sprinters only. I had some HUGE success with not lifting weights over the last year due to my shoulder injury and was wondering what people thought about this? I did go a best time in my 50 free (22.01 LCM) without lifting a dumbbell over 40lbs all year.
Do Sprinters NEED heavy weights and max out?
also check out my blog on:
-Nick Brunelli
this is steering off track from the threads question....but since its being discussed all add in and pass long the post below from the Race Club. If you didn't follow the Texas invite Nick just went 19.2, 42+, 1:34+, 1:47+ 200 fly all while being sick from a cold....the question of weights relative to swimming/sprint success is very debatable and very personal...personally I have gravitated away from heavy lifting and focused more on flexibility in recent years and have been doing OK..
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njBrunelli
Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 179
Location: tempe Arizona
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: No Weight Lifting For Sprinters??
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I am just wondering about something here for coaches and high level swimmers.
Of all the high level sprinters in the world, what do people think about a sprinter not doing a weight dominated dry-land workout? And I am talking about sprinters only. I had some HUGE success with not lifting weights over the last year due to my shoulder injury and was wondering what people thought about this? I did go a best time in my 50 free (22.01 LCM) without lifting a dumbbell over 40lbs all year.
Do Sprinters NEED heavy weights and max out?
also check out my blog on:
-Nick Brunelli
