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?
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I have yet to see any peer-reviewed journal article that shows convincingly (or even suggests possibly) that weight lifting helps swimming performance.
WHAT THE HELL DUDE
Read the thing I posted. I've posted it for you before. You didn't read it. I posted it in this thread and you ignored it. You keep saying with absolutely certainty that there is no scientific evidence. You're wrong. Here it is again:
www.teamunify.com/.../EFFECTS OF DRY-LAND VS. RESISTED- AND.pdf
You need to get over your absolute denial of the existence of any evidence at all, and come up with some other, less stupid, argument. I'm sure you can do it.
I have yet to see any peer-reviewed journal article that shows convincingly (or even suggests possibly) that weight lifting helps swimming performance.
WHAT THE HELL DUDE
Read the thing I posted. I've posted it for you before. You didn't read it. I posted it in this thread and you ignored it. You keep saying with absolutely certainty that there is no scientific evidence. You're wrong. Here it is again:
www.teamunify.com/.../EFFECTS OF DRY-LAND VS. RESISTED- AND.pdf
You need to get over your absolute denial of the existence of any evidence at all, and come up with some other, less stupid, argument. I'm sure you can do it.
