So I got the swimming bug again after the World Championships so I decided yesterday to do a swim meet without having swam at all in 12 years. It was more fun than I expected and I swam about as fast as I was when I stopped swimming (at age 17).
What changed since then? (1) I have no cardio (i.e. died on 35-40m of the 50m LCMs I swam) and (2) 40 extra pounds of muscle with not a lot of extra fat.
I have always been of the view that strength/weight training is vastly underutilized in sports in general and am going to put it to the test in swimming.
My training will consist of only technique training, sprints, kick and very very little yardage (like ~1200 yards a WEEK).
I figure that will be enough to get my cardio to where I can sprint a 50 without dying and I figure all you need for a sprint is to be able to go all out for the whole race, with the remaining factors being power and technique which don't require much yardage I don't think.
Anyone ever try it?
Actually, there was no assistance-only group. Resistance and assistance were combined in the group referred to as "RAS."
True but I seem to remember they referenced studies that claimed it as effective. I may be misremembering and I can't look it up right now. (Of course I didn't read the source article either.)
I can't see the value for strength building. But for technique and/at high stroke rates, I can see it. One still needs to build the power and conditioning to sustain the high SR.
Actually, there was no assistance-only group. Resistance and assistance were combined in the group referred to as "RAS."
True but I seem to remember they referenced studies that claimed it as effective. I may be misremembering and I can't look it up right now. (Of course I didn't read the source article either.)
I can't see the value for strength building. But for technique and/at high stroke rates, I can see it. One still needs to build the power and conditioning to sustain the high SR.
