Long strokes or high turnover?
I just watched a video done by Swim Smooth on the variety of stroke rates among freestylers: Swim Smooth: What is an efficient freestyle stroke? I think he made some good points, that not everyone HAS to swim with a long stroke in order to be efficient in the water. Now, what is not emphasized [...]
Read More Of This Article...My Simon Gowen radio show appearance
This morning I was a guest on the Simon Gowen Triathlon Show, at http://www.latalkradio.com/Simon.php. I went though a swim workout geared towards helping triathletes in detail. It’s an inspirational weekly show that focuses on the mental side of triathlon, with professional triathletes, coaches, and age groupers who have overcome huge obstacles. This morning I was [...]
Read More Of This Article...Breathing in a Triathlon Swim – the vanilla vs. chocolate argument, Part 2 of 2
(continued from Part 1) Open water swimming is different that swimming in a pool in so many ways. The first way that comes to most peoples minds is the common inability to see the bottom, combined with the lack of the black line on the bottom to guide you where to go. There are two [...]
Read More Of This Article...Breathing in a Triathlon Swim – the vanilla vs. chocolate argument, Part 1 of 2
by David Wendkos david@triswimcoach.com “You need to breathe bilaterally” “Nuh-uh! I only breathe to my right, and I do fine.” “If you don’t breathe to both sides, you’ll go slower” “Then why are so many Olympic swimmers breathing every two strokes, even in races as short as 100 meters? Huh?” The arguments for unilateral and [...]
Read More Of This Article...Tri Swim Coach podcast #20- Interview with Brett Blankner of Zen Triathlon
References: Sign up for the Tri Swim Coach newsletter at: www.triswimlessons.com or http://triswimcoachonline.com Please comment on this podcast! Tri Swim Coach podcast comments: Click here to open up itunes and add a rating/comment! Zen Triathlon – http://zentriathlon.com Brett’s twitter: http://twitter.com/zentriathlon 3 Pillars of Zen book Click here for more on the SwiMP3 player. For 20% [...]
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