As a long time swimmer, triathlete, and fitness instructor, I meet so many athletes who have challenges with swimming. Either they haven’t done a triathlon and doubt they could because they’d surely be the only one that wasn’t a good swimmer (so not true by the way), or they have already done a triathlon, but …
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Swimming Book Reviews
Below is an excellent resource for people looking for a swim study guides and books. Tri Talk listener Jon Needell and his daughter, Caroline, have put together a brief review of 15 swimming books. Thanks, Jon, for this excellent guide! Resource Library – Book Reviews By: Jonathan A. Needell and Assisted by Caroline T. Needell …
Does High Mileage Result in Faster Swims for Shorter Races?
I have some good news if you are a poor swimmer and do short distance triathlon. This news might shatter the psyche of those of you who have been swimming since you were in grade school. You’ll think me some sort of heretic for sharing this information. But, the legendary physiologist Dave Costill has undertaken …
Specificity, If you know it why aren’t you doing it?
The really fast athletes already know this that is why they are fast! This is for all those who kinda know what they are doing. From time to time I run into a runner or swimmer who will tell me they aren’t getting any faster despite running or swimming consistently a few days a week. You’ll see …
An Open Letter to Race Directors: Let’s Get the Swim Right
Dear Aly, Travis, Chris, Brogg, Joe, Aaron, and the hundreds of other fine race directors around the world, Allow me to begin my letter with a brief review on how we arrived at the current situation. In 1675 the Italian scientist Tito Livio Burattini introduced the word “metre” to the world as a proposed universal …
Swimming Adventures in Prague
I’m 13 days into a 16-day trip to the Czech Republic, my second trip here in 2 years, and although my racing season is done, I thought I would at least make a small effort to maintain some swim fitness while I’m here. At the recommendation of an associate, I’ve swam several times now at …
Finally back and loving it!!!
Each Year I say this will be the year and this is it to make it. And just like life is it always seems to step in front of me and slow things down or put things to a halt for awhile. This year was a bit different because the slow down came from an …
Benchmark Workouts
Last week I had a couple good benchmark workouts. I like to use specific workouts that are going to be the same each time I do them so I can measure my fitness. You will find that you can improve faster if you can measure your fitness and get feedback on what you are doing. …
The Benefits of Drafting
I bet that almost all of us have heard that drafting in the swim is a great way to either swim faster at your normal level of intensity, or maybe swim at the speed you would normally swim, but using less intensity. It’s well known that drafting on the bike makes a significant difference, as …
The Great Misunderstood and Complicated World of Water
Powertri is always thinking of different ways to help people to understand Swimming Biking and running. This is one way to look at swimming a bit differently to make it easier