Though my form still needs a lot of work, I am considering starting strength training in the near future, since I have read about how it can help swimming speed, form, etc.
However, I am still struggling with the idea of why strength training is needed. Lets assume that lifting a certain weight in a certain way improves a core muscle, which will help steady my posture (?).
Now assuming I don't weight lift, but instead try to hold the proper posture (high elbow, etc.) for a long period of time, and gradually increase the time I do that over weeks and months, won't those muscle(s) automatically improve?
It seems to me that intuitively the proper muscles would gradually get stronger in order to adjust to the frequent usage - that way the exact muscles I need would get stronger, instead of having to train a large array of muscles that have a relation to swimming.
What am I missing?
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And, unlike many others apparently, my purely anecdotal experience is that my cross training and drylands make me faster in the water. If I abstained from drylands to await a perfectly well controlled study on the topic that passed the Jazz Hands & Jimby scrutiny, I'd be in a retirement home. You're not alone.
Although admittedly it's hard to know for sure what makes us faster or slower, I intend to increase my time spend in the gym from 1 session up to 2, maybe 3.
I think dryland makes me faster.
And, unlike many others apparently, my purely anecdotal experience is that my cross training and drylands make me faster in the water. If I abstained from drylands to await a perfectly well controlled study on the topic that passed the Jazz Hands & Jimby scrutiny, I'd be in a retirement home. You're not alone.
Although admittedly it's hard to know for sure what makes us faster or slower, I intend to increase my time spend in the gym from 1 session up to 2, maybe 3.
I think dryland makes me faster.
