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.
If you are swimming the 400 IM, you definately don't need to be lifting a lot of weight. You need to have a great aerobic capacity. If you were lifting a lot for the 400 IM and sacrificed swimming time, I would expect your time to get worse.
I am training for the 50 and 100 breaststroke, so I am not too worried about my aerobic capacity right now. I really want to hear what some of the sprinters can lift, say in the bench press, squat, leg extention, tricep extention, lat pull, overhead pull downs (straight arm lat pull)
Anyone know where I can find workouts be Brendan Hansen
If you are swimming the 400 IM, you definately don't need to be lifting a lot of weight. You need to have a great aerobic capacity. If you were lifting a lot for the 400 IM and sacrificed swimming time, I would expect your time to get worse.
I am training for the 50 and 100 breaststroke, so I am not too worried about my aerobic capacity right now. I really want to hear what some of the sprinters can lift, say in the bench press, squat, leg extention, tricep extention, lat pull, overhead pull downs (straight arm lat pull)
Anyone know where I can find workouts be Brendan Hansen
