On Friday, July 30 and Saturday, July 31 I was on deck coaching the Fighting Manatee Masters. Thought I share those two really basic workouts. Friday morning was shorter with 3300m and drill and stroke oriented. Saturday morning was a bit longer with 5100m and equipment heavy. You can get the two workouts at ProSwimWorkouts using the following links: FMSC100730 – FMSC100731
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Catch of the Day
Just a couple shots from our afternoon on the boat. Gary and I caught a 19lbs black grouper.
Swimming Coaches Association Switzerland
At last week’s Junior Nationals in Lancy I got my hands on a interesting flyer. A group of coaches are about to start a great project for all swim coaches in Switzerland. Some of you might have heard of ASCA (American Swimming Coaches Association) and they’re about to start SCAS (Swimming Coaches Association Switzerland). This is a great idea and this is my way of helping them to get the word out. What follows is the French version of the flyer.
Shoulder Driven Freestyle with Style Sticks
If you heard about Mike Bottom’s Three Style of Freestyle DVD you might as well like this short complementary video to the Shoulder Driven freestyle technique. It looks like Club Wolverine is going to publish more videos in the future as they just opened a YouTube Channel.
Fin-Alholics Anonymous
Gary Sr.’s latest Aqua Note called “Fin-Alholics Anonymous” is a great read for athletes from the swimming and finswimming community. If you’re like Gary Sr. and need help swimming more without your fins … well maybe his 12 step program can help.
Are You Eating Enough?
“Food intake” is an important part of every athletes daily schedule. But are you eating enough? How many meals a day should you plan each day? Nathan Jendrick answers these exact same questions on his latest nutrition “Are You Eating Enough?“.
It’s in his kick …
Do you have a workout song? If not you might like the one Gary Hall Sr. came up with during one of this recent morning workouts. Read all about it in his latest Aqua Note called “It’s in his kick …“.
Pre-Workout Nutrition
Did you still not find the perfect pre-workout snack that will power you through a full practice? Then Nathan Jendrick’s latest column entitled “Pre-Workout Nutrition” will help you to get behind the secret of pre-workout snacking.
Fundamentals of Fast Swimming
Not too long ago the Race Club released it’s second DVD called “The Fundamentals of Fast Swimming“. The DVD is based on a couple of Gary Hall Sr.’s earlier Aqua Notes posts. I’m extremely excited about this new DVD for a couple of reasons but most importantly because it’s fast swimming explained in plain English. Of course my involvement with the Race Club and some parts of that DVD are other reasons. Richard put an tremendous amount of work in this project and I think you will enjoy the result. Let me (us) know what you think.
Dominik blogging his way to London 2012
Swiss Olympic swimmer Dominik Meichtry has now a blog where he’s sharing his experiences about his life in Los Angeles, training with the USC Trojans and his way to the 2010 Olympics in London. Read his welcome post and follow him on Twitter if you like.