How much have you benefited from dryland training?
Former Member
Inspired by Jazz's fantastic thread, I thought I'd bring up this discussion.
I started a dryland program a few weeks ago (based on Complete Conditioning for Swimming — which I highly recommend — with a few modifications). I incorporated strength training with elastic tubing (mostly for swimming specific exercises) and regular weights, core strengthening exercises (mostly static work, stuff like planks and bridges) and stretching in these sessions.
Although I've only been doing these sessions for a short amount of time, I feel I've benefited greatly from them. I feel much stronger in the water. Pull-ups had a huge effect on my butterfly: my endurance levels went through the roof and my stroke also feels much powerful. In fact, I dropped nearly 6 seconds in the 100 butterfly without practicing the stroke much at all (went 1:05 SCM). My breaststroke also feels better, even though I haven't been working my legs as much as I would like due to injury.
In the future, I hope to include plyometrics and other exercises specific for power.
What about you? How have you benefited from your dryland sessions? What type of training do you do? How long did it take you to feel the effects of this type of training?
Cheers! :chug:
