# Swimming/Weight Training Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swimming-weight-training-question/581707>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 12, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swimming-weight-training-question/581707 "2011-05-12T21:20:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swimming-weight-training-question/581707/1 "2011-05-12T21:20:44Z")

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Are their specific types of weight training exercises that benefit swimming technique/endurance? Any that would hinder?

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swimming-weight-training-question/581707/2 "2011-05-13T00:15:48Z")

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There are very few competitive sports where the top people don’t take the olympic lifts seriously.