https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/8321/a-case-for-strength-trainingI have been reading up on training and considering what I want to do for next season. During this, I came across this article reviewing several peer reviewed studies on the benefits of strength training endurance athletes including swimmers. Two interestingen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/128978?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:10:42 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:cd72907e-0e51-4053-94ec-44e4e719d6d3Former Memberstrength and conditioning benefits everyone. dryland is becoming a bigger and bigger part of elite level conditioning in swimming. Furthermore, I would bet it would be hard to find a professional athlete who does not engage in strength training. Swimming is no different. Even endurance athletes benefit from strength training. Max strength, power, balance, power endurance, strength endurance, etc. for fully functional athletic development. If you are currently only swimming and want to make a jump in performance then do some strength training.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/128895?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:17:56 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:7c35de40-ebec-4ab4-bda3-57f0c7e9bd97Former MemberI&#39;m at least 3 days in the pool, 2 in the gym (may add another day of either each) as well as some other cross training stuff. While it may/may not help in the pool, it DOES help with overall fitness and strength.....after all, we don&#39;t live in the pool. I think most of us have kids, lawns to mow, groceries to carry, etc, etc and the gym helps as part of an overall program. Plus, to be honest, I don&#39;t want to every be a scrawny little 165-170 swimmer again anyway.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/128847?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:14:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:2926a49b-bb33-4428-999e-8e2d42ea9be8Former MemberI prefer doing strength training at home. Great tools: -.bodyweight - resistance bands - dumbbells - ab wheel - pull-up bar Great exercises are all variations of pull-ups, chin-ups, pushups, dips, core exercises, squats, ab wheel roll-outs, resistance band exercises, dumbbell exercises etc. You can get a full body work out with body weight and cheap equipment.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/128952?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:46:34 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:8fabe53a-9390-46ad-a7d6-8320a519b99dKevin in MDYou are pretty current, the only other thing is a study showing that maximum strength training helped sprint performance as much as resisted and assisted sprinting in well trained swimmers. Unless you&#39;re really cranking out the yards, like 40k a week or so then probably safe to say that strength training can improve your performance. But the better you are and the more fit you are the less likely it is help. This excludes anything you might do to keep your shoulders in line. If you have injuries then doing your rehab is important. I have been reading up on training and considering what I want to do for next season. During this, I came across this<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/128824?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:00:43 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:6cd9a635-01f3-4583-9a87-839c62f40ac0orca19463 days of swimming &amp; 3 days at the gym.<div style="clear:both;"></div>