Does anyone know how strong the top swimmers are? Guys like M. Phelps or B. Hansen, how much can they lift with their legs, bench, lat pull, curl, tri ex, etc. I am making weight training a big part of my workouts, but I understand, at a certain point, adding more muscle or strength is not going to be of much benefit.
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There are a lot of holes in all these studies. For example, they will usually have one group lift and the control group will not lift. But then they have both groups the exact same swim workouts. That may make for a better research study - but is probably not the right way to account for swimmers being tired.
Also as Syd mentions - lifting will do very little if you don't transfer the strength into the water.
There are a lot of holes in all these studies. For example, they will usually have one group lift and the control group will not lift. But then they have both groups the exact same swim workouts. That may make for a better research study - but is probably not the right way to account for swimmers being tired.
Also as Syd mentions - lifting will do very little if you don't transfer the strength into the water.
