As I crawled back into the pool today fat and out of shape, I wondered: Don't sprinters need some minimal aerobic work? I see that Ande is doing none whatsoever and Paul advises not "fighting fat" in the pool. I do a lot of race pace training and cross training. But still, is just a little aerobic work called for? I can tell I don't need any for 50s, but my 100s could use a little something. I don't think I have the substantial swimming aerobic base that people like Ande have because I was out of the pool for so many years .. So I'm either taking my 100s out too slow for fear of dying or actually dying. Does aerobic work help counter this? Or do I need more lactate work such as doing 100s with huge amounts of rest?
All right, I'll do a deadlift. That looks safe enough. What weight?
Start light. Maybe just use the bar, or use one of those machines that has pulleys that you can pull up in a motion resembling what you would do with the bar.
To protect your low back you have to really set your abdominal muscles and hold them during the effort. Navel to spine, hard.
All right, I'll do a deadlift. That looks safe enough. What weight?
Start light. Maybe just use the bar, or use one of those machines that has pulleys that you can pull up in a motion resembling what you would do with the bar.
To protect your low back you have to really set your abdominal muscles and hold them during the effort. Navel to spine, hard.
