My good friend Gary Hall Jr. is blogging for the Los Angeles Times from the Vancouver Winter Olympics. You can read his first post following this link Watch out, readers, Gary Hall Jr. is back. Go to his personal section on the Olympics Blogs to keep up to date with all of his postings from Vancouver.
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Thunderbolt: Effective Simplicity
Nathan Jendrick, the newest addition to the Race Club staff, published his first column explaining the supplement Thunderbolt. I did try it myself and couldn’t agree more with Nathan. Find out why Thunderbolt is unique by reading “Thunderbolt: Effective Simplicity” and if you like purchase some for your own.
Sharklike Trainingcamps
Claudio Derungs, former coach of mine during my time with the Swimming Team in Biel, announced the launch of his own training camp service Sharklike on the beautiful island of Fuerteventura.
Workout Friday Jan 22
Last Friday, Jan 22, I had to go through a test set which I thought was one of the better main sets I recently did. So that’s why I wanted to share this workout with you. I did swim fly but you can really do this in any other stroke of your choice. Let me know what you think. And of course if you did take the set and go through, let me know how you did. Download the PDF file at ProSwimWorkouts.com to get the full workout.
Go Swim iPhone App
Go Swim announced their iPhone App. Those of you who visit the Go Swim website know that there is a lot of useful and interesting content to find and know you can take all with you in your pocket (at least those with an iPhone or iTouch). Go to the announcement on the Go Swim website for more information on the App’s features and some preview screenshots. By the way, if you click on the icon on the left iTunes will open and automatically direct you to the App Store to download the Go Swim iPhone App.
CLEANWATER
The Swiss Swimming Federation launched a project called CLEANWATER in association with the Swiss Anti Doping Agency and the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses. The aim of this project is to intensify the collaboration between Swiss Swimming and the Swiss Anti Doping agencies as well as provide open accessible proof for clean performances of the …
Watershops
Chris Morgan, good friend and former coach of mine, is organizing a series of swim clinics in collaboration with the Swiss Swimming Federation. The clinics always feature a world class athlete as well a surprise Swiss athlete and are held a the training base in Tenero. The first clinic presents butterfly with Mike Cavic. Get more information about the Watershops clinics here and view the program for the first clinic here.
Improving Your Start
Do you need to improve on your start? Wait no longer! Go and read this post by Gary Hall Sr., on the newly revived Secret Tips section of the Race Club website.
Letter from the coach
My US coach and good friend, Jon Olsen, is back at the helm of the Florida Keys Swim Club as Head Coach. Read more about his return to the pool deck in a “Letter from the coach“.