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Weights and Swimming

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  • 09-04-2015 3:00pm
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    darthschracker
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭


    Have been working away since January just solely on swimming training and am moving pretty well. Im wondering has anyone any advice on how to integrate weights into a swimming training schedule? As in should I do weights one day and completely leave swimming, or do a bit of both? Cheers for any replies
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    Mr.Magooo
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Mr.Magooo


    darthschracker wrote: »
    Have been working away since January just solely on swimming training and am moving pretty well. Im wondering has anyone any advice on how to integrate weights into a swimming training schedule? As in should I do weights one day and completely leave swimming, or do a bit of both? Cheers for any replies

    It depends on your goals and age. Is the weight training to increase strength, lose weight, build muscle, body building. If its a question of general fitness and to help with your swimming performance, I would suggest alternating between swimming and weight training. When weight training personally I would concentrate on compound movements which will give you a full body workout and do very little isolation exercises. You do not want to build muscle like a body builder if your a swimmer. Hope that helps a bit.
    Good luck with your training.


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    MojoMaker
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    Sounds like you're already a very competent swimmer? The best resistance work I find for swimming is in the pool itself. Get into the habit of long pull sets, use your ankle bands as much as possible, and get a good set of power paddles that fit your hand well and to be honest you really don't need a lot of time in the gym to complement strength sets in the pool - the resistance work will strengthen the lats, delts, and chest and more importantly, fire the muscles in precisely the way they need to respond while swimming powerfully.

    Outside the pool I would focus more on core strength than anything targeting upper body.


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