Sun Jan 07 2018:
Are you able to perform one-arm pulls as described? If so, you are swimming hip-driven freestyle! Now let's begin to focus on how you pull.
Sat Dec 30 2017:
You retain the vestigial behaviors from the time you were still struggling with learning to breathe to the side. Let's deal with those.
Sat Dec 16 2017:
Improving your hull is an exercise in 2 planes: feet on the surface (vertical plane); and feet moving forward, not side to side (horizontal plane).
Wed Apr 05 2017:
The right of passage for every triathlete swimmer, only slightly less feared than being suspended by bone daggers embedded into one's pectorals.
Wed Mar 15 2017:
Linda Lines was the significant other invited to a training vacation, except now it's her training vacation. Non-swimmer to this in 3 weeks.
Sun Jan 22 2017:
By lifting the head, our hips automatically sink down. The body takes on a slight incline from head to toe, perhaps 7 to 10 degrees, as the swimmer labors through the water.
Thu Dec 08 2016:
The bane of the untutored swimmer is stalling in the water. Does this describe you? Here are two tests to unearth this problem, and the solutions if you're among the afflicted.
Mon Nov 28 2016:
Swimming faster truly is uniquely free speed, where going faster can cost you less metabolically. Herein are cheap pathways to free speed.
Mon Oct 05 2015:
Here is an inside look at how a group of professional triathletes prepare in Texas under the guidance of Tim Floyd to up their game in the swim.
Fri Aug 22 2014:
The community of swimmers brings its own lingo to the pool. Here's your guide to swimming nomenclature along with a bit of etiquette throw in, no charge.
Thu Feb 07 2013:
If cardiac arrest is the proximate cause of our sport's drownings, what triggers cardiac arrest precisely when our athletes are in the swim leg of a triathlon? Are these behaviors over which you ...
Wed Feb 06 2013:
Part 1 of a 4-part series on how to reduce sudden cardiac death on triathlon, in particular during the swim leg. How effective is cardiac testing at predicting cardiac arrest? What can you ...
Tue Aug 30 2011:
It seems like a simple question. Yet, I am surprised by how many people don’t quite know what to do with their hands either underwater on the pull or above water on the recovery. For both parts of ...