Strength & Mobility Strength training improves sprint swimming in competitive swimmers, mainly by raising stroke rate. Whether it speeds up a triathlete's 1,500 m is far less clear. What's worth doing, and why.
Strength & Mobility Shoulder pain in swimmers is mostly a load problem. Volume, sudden increases and paddle use show up repeatedly in the evidence. How triathletes can build swim training without paying for it in the shoulder.
Strength & Mobility One randomised, performance-matched trial found strength and plyometric training twice a week lifted post-fatigue time to exhaustion by 35% in runners — with an honest caveat about transfer to cycling.
Strength & Mobility Myth: get stronger in the gym, get faster in the water — same as the bike and run.
Strength & Mobility Myth: running volume is what actually builds durability.
Strength & Mobility Myth: rest and stretch your Achilles until the pain goes away.