https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/9955/how-much-have-you-benefited-from-dryland-trainingInspired by Jazz&#39;s fantastic thread, I thought I&#39;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 trainingen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/161976?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 22 May 2011 01:02:07 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b500a3a3-42c3-406c-b4a4-6f1e41de7ad9orca1946In season I train with weights 3 days a week on my non swim days. YES - it will be good for you !!<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/161878?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 21 May 2011 11:39:56 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b68b7699-af71-4457-b87d-a827240f3793Former MemberI CAN tell you that I felt a lot less strong in the water this Spring (with much less dryland and almost NO weights) compared to last Spring when I did 2x/week.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/161782?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 21 May 2011 11:04:32 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:1b54e08e-2fac-4a95-9be3-4ed59981e5f1Former MemberLifting weights doesn&#39;t seem to affect my times for now. What I have noticed is that I can sustain better stroke patterns in fly and fr, my arms would just fall off before if I did that for too long.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/161670?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 21 May 2011 08:14:50 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c9b507d5-5ced-4eb4-97ad-48730addceb9Former MemberThere was a period of about a year when I barely swam at all, but I got much stronger. In that time, my 50 free dropped by about a full second. I was very very skeptical of any kind of non-pool training before that. Now I&#39;m not skeptical :)<div style="clear:both;"></div>