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:.
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Thanks Q, I may browse that myself!
I've been pretty darn hard core about sticking with the ADD lifting plan. :D
The Lezak plan does seem very time consuming b/c there are so many exercises.
Doh! Busted!
I meant to define the ADD lifting for Katie. The ADD lifting means you do different things each workout, versus a planned workout, where you are doing the same things each workout.
I have no idea how people figure out what to do if they follow the ADD non-plan.
Strong lifts has lots of good lifting information. Mehdi does a good job of find videos of people doing correct technique on youtube. There is a lot of bad technique on youtube, so be careful. Any video by Mark Rippetoe are good. He literally wrote the book on proper lifting technique.
Thanks Q, I may browse that myself!
I've been pretty darn hard core about sticking with the ADD lifting plan. :D
The Lezak plan does seem very time consuming b/c there are so many exercises.
Doh! Busted!
I meant to define the ADD lifting for Katie. The ADD lifting means you do different things each workout, versus a planned workout, where you are doing the same things each workout.
I have no idea how people figure out what to do if they follow the ADD non-plan.
Strong lifts has lots of good lifting information. Mehdi does a good job of find videos of people doing correct technique on youtube. There is a lot of bad technique on youtube, so be careful. Any video by Mark Rippetoe are good. He literally wrote the book on proper lifting technique.
