Does Resistance Training Help Swimming?

Did resistance training change the swim performance directly? No. Did it give the athlete a greater platform to perform? YES!

I opened my email on Saturday and noticed an email from our technique coach, Abbie Fish. The email included a blog post about the effectiveness of resistance training on swim performance. 

Dr. Mullen does an awesome job of summarizing the research on the topic of resistance training from a controlled, scientific study perspective. Essentially the research points that resistance training “could” help swimming performance.