One of the best exercises for your core in the water is back dolphin kick with fins. Try this to help build your strength for your swim. Take a look at this video and you’ll get some more tips on how to do this drill properly. If you give this a try, let me know [...]
Try this drill to gain more power in your swim. By doing fast breaststroke pull and revving up your freestyle or flutter kick you'll find it exhausting but effective. Take a look at this video and you'll get some more tips on how to do this drill properly. If you give this workout a try, [...]
It might be counterintuitive, but performing kicking drills while on your back and swimming backstroke with fins will improve your freestyle technique. Watch this drill, then give it a try. It really feels great, too! https://youtu.be/F5YbPYuYFvY
It’s frustrating when you do the work in the pool to improve your swim splits and then -- during a race -- discover that your open water splits are much slower than you expected! The key to improving in the open water is to replicate open water race scenarios in your training. Try these sessions and drills in [...]
Training for the swim leg of a triathlon takes purposeful practice; too many triathletes simply swim mindless meters and then can't understand why they're not getting faster. Understanding the nuances of how the swim leg typically develops -- and being able to anticipate the tactics of your competitors -- are valuable skills that result from deliberate training. [...]
I find this drill extremely beneficial for beginners to advanced swimmers to help with their freestyle technique. This drill helps build leg strength, hip flexor mobility and hand & elbow positions--all which help make you a faster and more efficient swimmer! If you give this workout a try, let me know how it went. Get [...]
One of my favorite drills is swimming with tennis balls. This drill–as silly as it may seem–can dramatically improve your stroke and hand position in the water. Watch the demonstration in the video below to learn more. Try incorporating this drill 1 to 2 times a week during your swim sessions. If you give this [...]
