How Important Is Your Kick In Triathlon?
How important is your kick in a triathlon? Well, if you’re doing a 70.3 or full distance ironman then your kick isn’t as important as your pull is. Because you want to save your energy for the bike and your run leg. So to do that you have to kick smaller and not kick too hard […]
The First Step To Improving Your Technique
Every time a swimmer comes to us for stroke correction, the first thing we look at is body position. There are a number of drills in the Mastering Freestyle program focus on that. 00:10 – How to Improve Your Technique 01:22 – Good Technique Starts With Good Position 01:28 – Athletes Are Like Light Switches […]
Mental vs Physical Toughness
Mental toughness is a requirement for elite level swimming. Sam Ashby talks about the balance of mental and physical toughness. Discover more about elite level training with the World’s Best Swimmer.
#5 Short Course Racing (with world record holder Peter Marshall)
Our first US guest is a current world record holder and backstroke champion. Peter Marshall reveals how he broke three world records in backstroke. Like a lot of age group swimmers, Peter started out doing lots of miles in the pool. He was a distance swimmer in his early years but converted to a sprinter after making some changes to his training. In the podcast he chats about what changed in his program and how his gym workouts shifted focus. We cover race routines, psychology and developing power in the water
#4 Sprinting Power (with Olympic medallist Andrew Lauterstein)
Download the transcript In this episode we look inside the mindset and training regime of top level sprinters. Our guest, Olympic butterflyer and freestyler Andrew Lauterstein talks about: The feeling of being in an Olympic final, the pressure and nerves before a race and he breaks down his 100m butterfly final in the 2008 Beijing […]
Swimming Workouts Explained
“I love training!” – This is a phrase you can either relate with, or completely disagree with. But if you think it’s something you don’t have a choice in…lay back on the couch and finish off that bag of chips. You’re already ruled out. Loving or hating swimming training comes down to the type of […]
