How To Save 20 Seconds In Your Swim Leg
“Life is just a game of inches” Al Pacino famously said in his ‘Inch by inch’ speech in the movie Any Given Sunday. Open water entries and exits are no different. Standing up a few inches too deep can make or break your race. Here’s why… On the weekend I travelled to Frankston to watch the […]
The ‘Elevator’ Set
“It’s very, very tough.” Not exactly the kind of thing you want to hear from an Ironman World Champion about a training session. But that’s what Chris McCormack (Macca) says about the Elevator set. Earlier this year I was asked by Chris McCormack to join his MaccaX team as a swim coaching expert to advise […]
How To Be More Confident In Open Water
I went down to watch the Ironman Melbourne this weekend which was absolutely awesome. There were over 2000 competitors starting at once in the age group category. It was pretty choppy conditions and it was really rough particularly out the back. Quite a few swimmers I saw started the race and then said no I […]
Should You Wear A Wetsuit?
Do you need to wear a wetsuit? I have been doing a number of triathlons lately and what I have noticed is that in the shorter events, the sprint triathlons where you are doing 400m – 500m swim the majority of swimmers are wearing wetsuits when the water is not to cold. I believe based […]
How To Increase Your Stroke Rate In Open Water
In Effortless Swimming’s Membership Program, one of the things that we talk about a lot is getting your stroke rate up in open water swimming. A lot of our athletes are triathletes and open water swimmers and in order to go faster in open water swims you might need to get your stroke rate up. I […]
Why Being Fit Doesn’t Equal Being Fast
A lot of triathletes are very fit cardiovascular-wise; they have built up their engine so they can run for a long time and bike for a long time. If you find that your swimming is not up to scratch to where you would like it to be then it might be because you haven’t developed […]
