Last week one of the local Masters swimmer had a friend visiting who’s into Triathlon. He started out last year and I gave him a couple private lessons back then. So when he came back last week, he asked me if I could come up with a “triathlon” specific workout for him. There’s probably no such thing as a triathlon specific swimming workout other than actually being out in the open water. But I think this quick workout covers most of the important parts you would like to work on. You can download the workout as a PDF file on ProSwimWorkouts.
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The Power of Protein
Lately, I have been asked quite a bit about the importance of protein in ones diet. I did some research to complement what I already knew and thought I post a quick note about my findings. There are two different types of protein to improve performance, whey and soy. Whey protein is absorbed quickly to …
Ian Thorpe training in Tenero
Aussie super swimmer Ian Thorpe who recently announced his comeback to competitive swimming for the 2012 London Olympic Games will be training at the Swiss Swimming National Training Base in Tenero under coach Guennadi Touretski. Here’s the link to post on the Swiss Swimming website.
Get Better, Hasler – Princeton Swimming
Some of you might know that NCAA Swimming Championships are just around the corner over here in the United States. NCAA’s is one of the fastest and most competitive meet with a total team focus.
Just recently, Princeton University won at the men’s Ivy League conference championships, despite being one swimmer down. Freshman Daniel Hasler was unable to swim in the meet, spending the time the hospital. The result of this unfortunate situation is a lip-synching video of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” of the men’s swim team to show their support and team spirit.
Swim Workouts Manatee Masters Week #9
It’s been a busy two weeks and I was also on deck with the Fighting Manatee Masters again and have two weeks of workouts for you this time. Friday, March 11 the pool was closed but I did do some dryland/yoga for about 45 minutes with a small group (you won’t find this routine for …
Dublin, IRL 2010
I finally had the time to go through the pictures from last year’s trip to Dublin (IRL) and wanted to share some of them with you. All of the credits for the pictures go to my friend Céline who I was visiting over in Ireland for an extended weekend.
Swim Workouts Manatee Masters Week #8
Another week of coaching with the Fighting Manatee Masters. Monday morning was more of a distance and freestyle focused workout where on Wednesday morning we got some serious leg work done. You can get the two workouts over at ProSwimWorkouts using the following links: FMM110221 – FMM110223
Swim Workouts Manatee Masters Week #7
I’ve been coaching the Fighting Manatee Masters Team for two mornings last week. The group worked they’re way up to workouts over 3000m since last summer and have a strong group going every other morning. The first workout was aerobic and mostly freestyle oriented whereas the second workout had a strong IM warming up mixed with some hypoxic work for the main part. You can get the two workouts from ProSwimWorkouts using the following links: FMM110214– FMM110216
Freestyle – Picking the Right Technique
Gary Hall Sr. wrote an article for the triathlon center community SlowTwitch. You can read his article called “Your Best Freestyle Technique” and watch the full video on Picking the Right Technique on the Race Club website.
Overheating
Please go to the Race Club website for a full transcript of this swim tip on avoiding overheating in swimming.