Conditioning for Swimmers: A Guide to Land-Based Training

by Alan Lynn

It is widely recognized that out-of-pool conditioning is a vitally important part of the preparation for competitive swimming. This conditioning guide covers all aspects of land-based training and is essential reading for all those swimmers who wish to improve their performance. Covers training in considerable detail and fully illustrates how each exercise fits into British Swimming Long Team Athlete Development Plan. Includes periodized training programmes for all five LTAD levels, demonstrates dynamic warm-up sequences, examines a pre-swim injury prevention routine, and contains exercise for medicine balls and Swiss balls. The book also discusses controversial subjects such as land training for children, gender issues, and how to incorporate land training into competition tapers.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007