10 Best Weight Training For Swimmers
Updated on: May 2023
Best Weight Training For Swimmers in 2023
The Ultimate Guide To Weight Training For Swimming

- Year-round swimming-specific weight-training programs
- Descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 exercises
- Used by top swimers worldwide
- Perfect for swimers of all ages and skill levels
- Includes links to free record-keeping charts
Complete Conditioning for Swimming (Complete Conditioning for Sports)

- Exercises and drills for each stroke
- Event-based workouts and programs
- Dryland training
- Tapering for peak performance
- Year-round conditioning plans
- Nutrition before, during, and after swim meets
Swimming Anatomy
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The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body
The Swimmer's Workout Handbook: Improve Fitness with 100 Swim Workouts and Drills
Your Water Workout: No-Impact Aerobic and Strength Training From Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, and More
Your First Triathlon, 2nd Ed.: Race-Ready in 5 Hours a Week
Complete Conditioning for Swimming [With DVD]Â Â [COMP CONDITIONING FOR SW-W -OS] [Paperback]
I Know I Swim Like a Girl: Swimming Log Book | Keep Track of Your Trainings & Personal Records | 136 pages (6"x9") | Gift for Swimmers
If You Want to Swim Faster You Must Do Drills
One of the imperative tasks you must do if you want to swim faster is do drills. Swimming drills will help you focus on different aspects of the freestyle so you can improve on them.
You can do one arm swim drills where you swim the freestyle as you normally would except you only pull with one arm. You can hold your other arm back against your side or hold it to your front. Do a set number of strokes with one arm then switch to the other, doing the same number of strokes. Repeat back and forth. You want to breath on the side that the arm is doing the pulling, let your body roll enough so your head turns to breath then go back to the forward position.
To make you aware of your hand position and to promote a high elbow swim, the normal freestyle. When you bring your elbow up, do not remove your fingers completely from the water. As you complete the stroke, drag your finger tips along the surface of the water to give you a feel as to where they are in relation to your body.
To help you learn to do a complete stroke with your arm try this. While swimming the freestyle, extend your arm back for a full stroke and let your thumb touch your thigh about the spot where it would be if you where standing up. You will then extend your elbow out of the water to complete the stroke. Many times a swimmer is cheating themselves out of a full pull through by pulling the elbow up too soon.