GoSwim GoldIs P90X Good for Competitive Swimming
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I'm looking for a really good strength program to use during my off season, not only to keep in shape for swimming, but also to become stronger and bring my times down. I was wondering if P90X would be good for competitive swimming or if it would add too much muscle mass, causing more resistance in the water and thus slower times. If P90X isn't a good program for swimmers, does anyone have a suggestion for one that is? Any help would be really appreciated. |
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P90x is marketed to overweight people as a quick weightloss program; the company is named beach body. This is just anecdote, but from what I've heard the p90x program mainly trains aerobic/anaerobic endurance for an hour at a time! If you're swimming 2-4 hours a day, often training anaerobic endurance, your swim workouts could be seriously hindered. I think a book by Tudor Bompa, periodization training for sports, is a much better alternative that is geared toward athletes. His system can be individualized to a variety of sports. The program begins with an extensive general conditioning stage that can last up to 3 months for beginners; then a maximum strength phase that last no more than 9 weeks, where you lift very heavy loads for a few reps with a lot of sets; Then you transfer the strength you've gained into power, so doing light to moderate loads for like 10-15 reps very fast. You can repeat the max strength and power phases again, or go straight into the power endurance or muscular endurance phase, which basically are training lactate tolerance (sp1-sp2) and/or overload endurance (en3). With this program you can get stronger, improve power, and train the various energy zones for your swimming muscles AND plan it around your season schedule. . . buy this book. |
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