Of all the sports I've done, swimming is the one that won me over. I first swam with my high school my junior year, the one year we had a team and got hooked. At the age of 17, it was pretty late to try and be really good in the sport, but I was into it enough to join a local club team with the hope of doing well enough the next year to make it to the state competition. Unfortunately, our small swimming program was cut from our high school's sports program. After swimming for a year and a half, we had some coaching changes at our swim club and I didn't like the way our coach was doing practices, so I stopped. I was going to community college at the time and was the oldest one in the club so I wasn't very motivated swimming with a bunch of 15 year olds. I did end up with a job coaching for the club and still coach to this day.
As it is now, I'm transfering to the University of Houston and finally moving out of the house. I've swam off and on for the past year and I'm wanting to take this opportunity to start training again on my own. I've always preffered training like this and have seen some of my best results with my swimming doing so.
I plan to compete this May in Masters Short Course Nationals that will be held in Austin this year. I've got my diet in check, I know what supplements are going to help me out the most, and I know what training in the pool is going to work for me. What I don't is what is going to be best for weight training. I've had the same workout regimine for a while, and it works, but I don't think its going to be best for what my goals are.
As a sprinter (50/100yd freestyle & 100backstroke) I believe that what I really need to work on is gaining high amounts of strength and explosiveness. With races no longer than 55 seconds, I don't have to worry much about endurance, I can keep my speed the entire race.
My current goals are:
1. Get my weight to 210-215. At 6'4" and 190lbs, I think I can stand to gain another 20-25lbs of lean muscle. This should happen over the next year, not between here and May, possibly get up to 200lb by then.
2. Build a high amount of explosiveness in my legs and back muscles (mainly the lats). Legs have always been a weak point for me, and I want to change that. I'd like to be the guy that blows the starting block off its base because he's got such a powerful start. I'd like to get my lats and triceps very explosive for a fast stroke rate.
3. Build up my core. My abs and olbique muscles need to be really damn strong, these are important for a good form and proper rotation as well as a fast dolphin kick. Dolphin kick (think undulation) needs to be fast and explosive as well.
4. With all this, I plan to be able to swim under a 21.50 in my 50 free by May which would not be unreasonable at all.
With these goals in mind, what kind of lifting do I need to be doing over the next 4 1/2 months to train for this? After this competition, I plan to continue training but at that point it will be time to re-evaluate and create a new program to last till Aug 2009 when I plan to walk on the UT team.
I'm sure Volcom can help me out here, I've seen some posts of yours that look like you know your **** about training the body. Any help is welcome though.
As it is now, I'm transfering to the University of Houston and finally moving out of the house. I've swam off and on for the past year and I'm wanting to take this opportunity to start training again on my own. I've always preffered training like this and have seen some of my best results with my swimming doing so.
I plan to compete this May in Masters Short Course Nationals that will be held in Austin this year. I've got my diet in check, I know what supplements are going to help me out the most, and I know what training in the pool is going to work for me. What I don't is what is going to be best for weight training. I've had the same workout regimine for a while, and it works, but I don't think its going to be best for what my goals are.
As a sprinter (50/100yd freestyle & 100backstroke) I believe that what I really need to work on is gaining high amounts of strength and explosiveness. With races no longer than 55 seconds, I don't have to worry much about endurance, I can keep my speed the entire race.
My current goals are:
1. Get my weight to 210-215. At 6'4" and 190lbs, I think I can stand to gain another 20-25lbs of lean muscle. This should happen over the next year, not between here and May, possibly get up to 200lb by then.
2. Build a high amount of explosiveness in my legs and back muscles (mainly the lats). Legs have always been a weak point for me, and I want to change that. I'd like to be the guy that blows the starting block off its base because he's got such a powerful start. I'd like to get my lats and triceps very explosive for a fast stroke rate.
3. Build up my core. My abs and olbique muscles need to be really damn strong, these are important for a good form and proper rotation as well as a fast dolphin kick. Dolphin kick (think undulation) needs to be fast and explosive as well.
4. With all this, I plan to be able to swim under a 21.50 in my 50 free by May which would not be unreasonable at all.
With these goals in mind, what kind of lifting do I need to be doing over the next 4 1/2 months to train for this? After this competition, I plan to continue training but at that point it will be time to re-evaluate and create a new program to last till Aug 2009 when I plan to walk on the UT team.
I'm sure Volcom can help me out here, I've seen some posts of yours that look like you know your **** about training the body. Any help is welcome though.