How To Train For Long Course In A Short Course Pool
On today's episode, of #WhiteboardWednesday we are taking a deep dive into How to Train for a Long Course competition or open water race in a Short Course pool!
Jan 22, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 10
MySwimPro Swimming Technique & Training Podcast
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How To Improve Your Underwater Dolphin Kick + Free Workout
The fastest way to move through the water is with a perfect underwater dolphin kick in a tight streamline position. You should practice this every single time you push off the wall after starts and turns! Warm-Up: 1 x 200 Freestyle 2 x 50 Backstroke Pre-Set: 4 x 75 Freestyle (10-15m Underwater Flow Drill) Main Set (3x times): 1 x 100 Freestyle 2 x 50 Freestyle Cool Down: 4 x 50 Freestyle _
Jan 17, 2020•8 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Hell Week! The Hardest Workout of My Life!
On this episode of the #AskASwimPro we are talking about HELL WEEK! Don't forget to sign up for the Hell Week Challenge in the MySwimPro app!
Jan 17, 2020•10 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Why You Need To Swim All 4 Strokes Every Workout
When you go to the pool, do you just swim back and forth continuously? Do you only know how to swim freestyle or the front crawl? If so, this isn’t helping you swim faster. So, we want to help you! In this episode, we’re sharing the 5 reasons why you should swim all 4 strokes every time that you are in the water. We’ll talk about what the 4 strokes are, how you can get started, and show an example beginner swim workout that incorporates everything we discussed in the pool.
Jan 15, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 9
5 Drills For Advanced Swimmers
Welcome to Whiteboard Wednesday and on today’s episode I’m going to share 5 freestyle drills for advanced swimmers! Whether you’re just getting started with swimming or you’ve been swimming for years, working on improving your stroke technique is one of the most important things you can do to not just get faster, but also get a better workout, burn more calories, reduce your chance of injury and of course have fun doing it! Before we get into the 5 drills, be sure to like this video and subscrib...
Dec 18, 2019•10 min•Season 3Ep. 19
What is USRPT?
On this episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we are talking about Ultra Short Race Pace Training (USRPT)! USRPT stands for “Ultra Short Race Pace Training” . The premise for this training methodology is that race-specific high intensity swimming will yield the optimal performance results and fastest times in competition. The overall goal is to simulate a racing situation in a workout to better prepare an athlete’s body for the actual race.
Dec 18, 2019•16 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Breaking Michael Phelps' 200m Butterfly World Record - Kristof Milak Race Analysis
This week’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we’re talking about Kristof Milak's incredible 200m Butterfly World Record set at the 2019 World Championships in South Korea!
Dec 04, 2019•14 min•Season 6Ep. 4
The Greatest Swimming Performance of All Time (Beijing 2008)
Where were you in 2008 during the greatest Olympic swimming race of all time? We all remember that moment watching it on TV – it was truly unforgettable. You all know what race we’re talking about. For this week’s #WhiteboardWednesday episode, we’re analyzing the Michael Phelps vs. Milorad Čavić 100 Butterfly final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where Phelps won by only 0.01 seconds. He truly is The G.O.A.T.
Dec 04, 2019•8 min•Season 6Ep. 3
How Lilly King Swims A 55.73 100 Yard Breaststroke
On this week’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday , we're analyzing how how Lilly King swims a 55.73 100 Yard Breaststroke. Lilly King is a machine! At the 2019 NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, she swam the 100 yard breaststroke in 55.73 breaking her own U.S. Open Record in the event that she set a month earlier at the Big 10 Championships.
Dec 04, 2019•11 min•Season 6Ep. 2
How Adam Peaty Swims So Fast
An analysis on Adam Peaty's 57.10 World Record 100m Breaststroke swim at the 2018 European Championships!
Dec 04, 2019•9 min•Season 6Ep. 1
How To Swim The 400 IM Like Michael Phelps & Katinka Hosszú
An analysis on the world record holders in the 400 Individual Medley and how to swim the event correctly!
Dec 04, 2019•14 min•Season 1Ep. 9
How To Swim The 200 & 400 Freestyle
Get read to CONQUER your next middle-distance race with these tips! This Whiteboard Wednesday is a deep dive on how to pace and swim a middle-distance swimming event. In this video, we overview how to swim the 200 Freestyle and 400 Freestyle so you can maximize your potential in the event. –––– How To Swim The 200 or 400 Freestyle –––– PART 1: Easy speed, conserve your energy and slowly start building your speed . PART 2: Build your legs and set up your pace. The goal is to even split the last 3...
Dec 04, 2019•14 min•Season 1Ep. 8
How To Train For An Open Water Race In A Short Course Pool
Today’s Whiteboard Wednesday explores the differences between open water swimming and pool swimming and how you can prepare for an open water race while swimming in a short course pool.
Dec 04, 2019•13 min•Season 5Ep. 1
How To Draft In Open Water Swimming
Drafting is a technique that’s well understood in race car driving and cycling. In swimming, the effect can be just as big because water is 800x more dense than air and there’s significantly more resistance in the water than on land. Open water swimming is a fun and exciting sport. One of the reasons it is very different from pool swimming is the concept of drafting. This is where you align yourself with another swimmer(s) to reduce the overall effect of drag due to exploiting the lead swimmer’s...
Dec 04, 2019•10 min•Season 5Ep. 2
How To Structure a Swim Workout
This week’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we’re talking about Swimming Workouts and Set Structure! Swimming is without a question one of the best forms of physical activity you can do to improve your health and fitness. This is why it’s super important to understand how workouts are structured to get the most bang for your buck in the water. Understanding the structure of the workout will allow you to have the most efficient and powerful workouts. To start, let’s look at a set. An individual s...
Dec 04, 2019•8 min•Season 3Ep. 17
The Swimming Equation | ST = (UT + TT) + (CC*SR)
Splitting up a swim into its fundamental components to better understand how to swim faster!
Dec 04, 2019•6 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Intro To Swimming Terminology
A deep dive into the swimming lingo you might hear on deck!
Dec 04, 2019•14 min•Season 3Ep. 15
How To Swim In Energy Zones
Training zones help organize a swim workout into different intensities!
Dec 04, 2019•9 min•Season 3Ep. 14
How MySwimPro Personalizes Your Intervals
No two swim workouts should be the same! We all have different skills, goals and training abilities so it’s super important to make sure our swim workouts are personalized to our speed to help us meet our goals. In this episode of Whiteboard Wednesday, we’ll take a deep dive into how Dynamic Intervals are created in the MySwimPro app! The intervals are a function of the number of reps, distance, stroke type, eneergy zone, and your threshold ability for that particular stroke. An elite swimmer ma...
Dec 04, 2019•6 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Short Axis vs Long Axis Strokes Training Tips
Today’s Whiteboard Wednesday dives into the stroke mechanics of short axis and long axis strokes. These two types of strokes fundamentally different and in this lesson, we’ll look at how to train both of them! Each of the 5 strokes (yup, five) have their own characteristics that should not be ignored. Below is a brief categorization. The key difference between short axis and long axis strokes is where the kinetic energy originates from. Short Axis Strokes - Breaststroke - Butterfly - Underwater ...
Dec 04, 2019•8 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Short Course vs Long Course
Have you ever wondered why short course (25m) swimming is so much faster than racing in a long course (50m) pool? See why short course is faster than long course! The Olympic sized swimming pool is gold standard in international competition. Times recorded in a Long Course (50 meters) pool are considered the most respectable in the swimming community. When you look at the best swimmers in the world, their times in Short Course (25 meters or 25 yards) are significantly faster.
Dec 04, 2019•8 min•Season 3Ep. 10
How To Build A Seasonal Swim Training Plan
If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail! Today's Whiteboard Wednesday dives into the mechanics of building a seasonal training plan so you can perform the best when it matters most!
Dec 04, 2019•10 min•Season 3Ep. 11
How To Fast & Swim During Ramadan
Every year, hundreds of millions of people around the world fast. There are several benefits of swimming while fasting: You can feel more energetic and it can re-generate your metabolism. While there are a ton of benefits, there are certainly some challenges. Interested in learning more? Check out this week's Whiteboard Wednesday!
Dec 04, 2019•9 min•Season 3Ep. 9
How To Track Your Progress
To continuously improve in swimming, it’s important to routinely measure your performance in training. Test sets are a fantastic way to track your progress because after all, what gets measured, gets improved ! Interested in learning how test sets work? Check out this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday!
Dec 04, 2019•11 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Intro To Early Vertical Forearm (EVF)
EVF is one of the most commonly referenced concepts in the technical swimming and coaching world, yet most are unsure what exactly Early Vertical Forearm (EVF) is. To learn more, check out this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday!
Dec 04, 2019•12 min•Season 1Ep. 6
“How To Analyze Your SWOLF Score
What is SWOLF? Your SWOLF score is a rough measure of efficiency, and it’s calculated per-length as the sum of the time it took you to swim the lap, and the number of strokes it took you to swim it. Interested in learning more about how SWOLF works and how to improve it?
Dec 04, 2019•11 min•Season 3Ep. 7
How To Improve Your Underwater Dolphin Kick
Underwater streamline is considered to be the 5th stroke of swimming! It is absolutely the fastest way for a human to move through the water – even faster than freestyle. In this episode of Whiteboard Wednesday, we’ll take a deep dive into how you can improve your underwater dolphin kick!
Dec 04, 2019•12 min•Season 1Ep. 5
How To Set SMART Goals
Swimmers are very ambitious people, but often times, we’ll bite off more than we can chew. A resolution without a plan is just wishful thinking, so it's super important to set SMART Goals for yourself. Here's how: If you want long-term success, be clear about what you want to accomplish. When setting goals, it’s crucial that they be very defined and methodical in your approach. To help you succeed, use the S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound) goal process. The f...
Dec 04, 2019•10 min•Season 3Ep. 6
How To Write A Swim Workout
When you head to the pool for a swim workout, do you ever wonder what you should be doing? Many swimmers jump in the pool and swim back and forth with no plan. This is not the best way to train, but not everyone can afford a personal coach to provide specific workouts designed to meet certain goals and time demands.
Dec 04, 2019•9 min•Season 3Ep. 5
How To Swim Faster With Interval Training
Whether you’re a novice exerciser or you’ve been exercising for years, interval training can help you jazz up your workout routine. Consider the benefits: - You’ll Improve Technique: By taking repetitive but short breaks, you will train your body to only swim at a higher body position and at greater speed. - You’ll Burn More Calories: Taking short breaks in the workout allows you train at a higher intensity and thus elevate your heart rate. - Improved Aerobic Capacity: As your cardiovascular fit...
Dec 04, 2019•9 min•Season 3Ep. 4
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