By Dr. G. John Mullen, Swimming World Contributor
Dryland training in swimming dates back to early times. Running, push-ups, pull-ups, common military training techniques have been incorporated in swimming training for years. This remained the staple for years, until resistance training. Resistance training began with medicine balls, then progressed to dumbbells and barbells. Arnold made strength cool and everyone wanted to be pro wrestlers or bodybuilders.
Functional movements entered the sport in the 90s, with many doubting bulky bodies for swimming. In the past decade, strength training and full body resistance training have popped it’s head back into swimming training. Current programs have made strength cool again, especially for young women. This promising trend aligns with the current strength and conditioning research.
Like swimming, strength and conditioning training is evolving, but at a much faster rate. I feel this catalyst is money, as there is more money in the strength field. Once ample money enters a field (sorry swimming, you’re not there yet), research and journal publications increase. I’m well aware of the current research shift, as an editor of the NSCA Personal Training Quarterly, I read a lot of research. Yet, one trend I must question is the sole use of a phone phone app for dryland.
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