The Ultimate Guide To Weight Training For Swimming Paperback – May 1, 2005

This book may have some grammar and spelling errors, but the workouts it provides are great, along with a lot of the advice. The only thing that would make it better dietary advice and recommendations for things to eat before and after a good workout, but I can get that other places. I highly recommend, especially if you are part of a swim team.

This book contains basic weight training exercises that can be applied to a variety of sports that involve the use of a variety of muscle groups.

GOOD

Love it and I'm going to get more of the books, they help out. thank you very much....

it includes Best training techniques for all sport activities... it derserves every penny that being paid. super book...i offer all spor lovers..

I found this book lacked the depth the title suggested it contained. The contents can be found easily enough in any book on weight training. The application of specific exercises and program to improving swimming was covered but could have been more closely linked to stroke and/or distance. Could have been called 'an introduction to weight training for swimming', rather than 'the Ultimate Guide'.

An excellent source of knowledge and practical orientation for improving performance and avoiding injuries !

This book is NOT for anyone with a weight lifting background. I am a varsity swim coach with a weight traning background who bought this book hoping for new ideas. There were none. The book is rife with typos and the pictures are poor quality. The book also suggests overhead presses and behind the neck pull-downs; both of which are poor choices for anyone a good deal of yardage. Pictures show lifts like bent over barbell rows done with feet together when most people will suggest a wide base with feet shoulder-width apart for added stability. This book is not for a beginning swimmer. It is not for a coach or swimmer with moderate knowledge of weight lifting. I can think of very few people who would benefit from the content of this book even if it were accurate.