I am tapering for my big meet 4/10-11 and I'm thinking about my next training cycle. Since my free and fly are already my stronger strokes, and I had a good time drop in breaststroke which I attribute largely to weight training concentrating on shoulders and chest, I'm wondering if there are specific lifts that would benefit backstroke, which is my weakest stroke by far, in fact my 50 *** was nearly as fast as my 50 back at my most recent meet. If I could improve my backstroke I might actually get a decent time in an IM event.
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Squats should help with all strokes. Think about all those starts and turns when swimming short course, and how much a difference they make in your overall time.
As for backstroke specific lifting, I got nothing. My backstroke got tons faster when I started doing tons more backstroke in practice.
Squats should help with all strokes. Think about all those starts and turns when swimming short course, and how much a difference they make in your overall time.
As for backstroke specific lifting, I got nothing. My backstroke got tons faster when I started doing tons more backstroke in practice.
