Those three things are only for if you want more muscle mass, which I think is the primary way strength training leads to faster swimming.
I thought I read that lifting heavy increased strength not mass?
(S)he, dead lifts are easy. They're not that different than machines. Swimming was definitely my mid-life crisis. No desire whatsoever to train with kids though. Could never make the intervals. Prefer to do speed and lactate work. I have no problem with doing 100s on the 2:00 or 3:00 or 4:00.
Those three things are only for if you want more muscle mass, which I think is the primary way strength training leads to faster swimming.
I thought I read that lifting heavy increased strength not mass?
(S)he, dead lifts are easy. They're not that different than machines. Swimming was definitely my mid-life crisis. No desire whatsoever to train with kids though. Could never make the intervals. Prefer to do speed and lactate work. I have no problem with doing 100s on the 2:00 or 3:00 or 4:00.
