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Legs – Stabilizing Force

February 28, 2011February 25, 2011 by Nico

We (The Race Club) started a video swim tip series on kicking. This is the 3rd part called “Legs – Stabilizing Force” and features yours truly to the best of my abilities as I’m trying to get back in the pool more often myself. If you want to find out how to improve your kicking …

Swim Workouts Manatee Masters Week #7

April 10, 2012February 22, 2011 by Nico

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

April 10, 2011February 18, 2011 by Nico

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.

The Individual Team Sport

August 18, 2011January 23, 2011 by Nico

Over the past few weeks I had a hard time to find my way to the pool. Life as a soldier finishing up my duties with the Swiss Armed Forces and the winter weather have been issues but the biggest issue was being teamless (think I just made up a new word). Besides not finding the time to go swim what was missing when I actually made it were my teammates. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind to go and swim on my own, mix up lane lanes with the “normal” people. I can do a set and push myself, it’s just not the same.

I remember the time when it used to be my coach and I almost every early morning…just the two of us…him ready to send me to hell and back…I ready to chase my dreams…both of us working to achieve a goal, working for a swim that won’t even last over a minute. Just the two of us, yet it wasn’t the same. Although I did swim almost every morning on my own and often did different workouts than my teammates in the evening, I was part of something bigger…a TEAM!

Overheating

April 20, 2011January 19, 2011 by Nico

Please go to the Race Club website for a full transcript of this swim tip on avoiding overheating in swimming.

Workout Thursday, January 13, 2011

July 18, 2012January 18, 2011 by Nico

Last Thursday I went to Maggligen for a workout with one of my former teammates and oldest swimming friends. His team was away for a meet and he went through some hard training earlier in the week so it was sort of a recovery workout with some smooth build swims. I’m thinking about making a subscription based workouts stream available, so I though you might like this one in the meantime. Download the workout as a PDF on ProSwimWorkouts.com

Upper Keys Masters Meet Series

April 10, 2011January 17, 2011 by Nico

The Fighting Manatee Swim Club is putting together a Masters swim meet series in 2011. They will host three meets, one meet in every pool available, starting with Short Course Yards on the first weekend of February. Also during this first meet there will be a swim clinic by US Olympian Jon Olsen. Please read the meet announcement or visit their website for more information on the series.