I've been out of the water for a month, and out of the weight room for 3 months. This was a planned break after a long season. I just got back in the pool last week and things feel about how they should given the circumstances.
My question is; Would jumping back into weights at the same time I'm getting back in the pool be safe? By safe, I mean with respect to reducing the risk of tendonitis/shoulder/etc problems? Should I wait a few weeks to acclimate to the pool before starting a weight routine?
A little about the weights I intend to do. I'm happy with the Lezak weight program for sprinters and am going to do a second time. This program does do a month of endurance lifting prior to any strength or speedwork, so I'm not going to be lifting like gangbusters right off the bat.
I did have shoulder and elbow tendonitis problems before the planned break, but they were not serious and these injuries have not surfaced yet in the pool. I am currently pretty tight from this last week, but not uncomfortable.
I really don't know the accepted thinking on this except for my college experience (i.e everything at once, you sissy), so any thoughts/ opinions are appreciated now that I am older and more wary of injury :cane:.
Katie, here's a link to the weight plan I referenced above:
www.bodybuilding.com/.../jasonlezak1.htm
I followed it between December and April of last year in preparation for Clovis SCY Nationals in May.
I liked it because it's sort of a cookbook and at this stage I'm better at being told what to do. I just don't have that much recent experience in weight training- I've been lurking around on the blogs (e.g Fort's, Qbrain's, Jazz Hand's) but they are at a different knowledge level and I tend to get confused, so when my teammate Fortress posted this plan as an FYI (she does not follow it herself as far as I can tell), it was perfect.
Although it's 'for sprinters,' my best result at Clovis was in the 200 Free (I swam the 50-100-200 Free and 100 Fly). I'm working under the theory that you can't do a fast 200 if you don't have a fast 100, and you can't do a fast 100 if you don't have a fast 50. So I like practicing sprints (weights and in the pool) for focus events 200 and under.
I'm sure there are other 'canned' weight routines out there as well, though.
Katie, here's a link to the weight plan I referenced above:
www.bodybuilding.com/.../jasonlezak1.htm
I followed it between December and April of last year in preparation for Clovis SCY Nationals in May.
I liked it because it's sort of a cookbook and at this stage I'm better at being told what to do. I just don't have that much recent experience in weight training- I've been lurking around on the blogs (e.g Fort's, Qbrain's, Jazz Hand's) but they are at a different knowledge level and I tend to get confused, so when my teammate Fortress posted this plan as an FYI (she does not follow it herself as far as I can tell), it was perfect.
Although it's 'for sprinters,' my best result at Clovis was in the 200 Free (I swam the 50-100-200 Free and 100 Fly). I'm working under the theory that you can't do a fast 200 if you don't have a fast 100, and you can't do a fast 100 if you don't have a fast 50. So I like practicing sprints (weights and in the pool) for focus events 200 and under.
I'm sure there are other 'canned' weight routines out there as well, though.
