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To keep fit and prepared for when the swimming pool is ready to open again, this series will...
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Category: Workouts
4 Tips to Keep Fit this Summer
Many of us have already begun training for our summer races, outdoor adventures, or simply our summer body. Often the excuse arises that we are too busy or don’t have time to stay active – we’re here to encourage you to keep the...
Read MoreDeep Water Running
Target Muscle Group: Heart (great cardiovascular exercise), legs (glutes, hamstrings, quads), core stabilizers (rectus abdominus, erector spinae, transverse abdominus). Performance Points: Begin by jogging in the deep end of the...
Read MoreHip Abduction/Adduction In the Pool
Do you want an exercise to work your inner and outer thighs that you can do in the water? Try this hip abduction/adduction exercise. Target Muscle Group: Primary muscles: adductors and gluteus medius. Secondary muscles: core...
Read MoreOctober Swim Workout
Beginner Workout Warm Up: 100m Front Crawl 100m Pull – Front Crawl 100m Pull – Front Crawl /300m Main Set: 10x25m Front Crawl – Sprint/10 sec rest 2×100 IM (Fly, Back, Breast, Free) *A substitute for fly can be dolphin...
Read MoreAugust Swim Workout
Beginner Workout Warm Up: 100m Choice Swim 50m Choice Pull 50m Finger Drag Drill: when swimming front crawl, drag your fingers on the surface of the water when doing the out of water recovery (keep fingers close to the body)...
Read MoreJuly Swim Workout
Beginner Workout Warm Up: 100m Front Crawl 100m Non-Free Stroke (back crawl or breaststroke) 100m Kick with fins (use flutter board as well) /300m Main Set: with 30 seconds rest between each set: 100m Free 4x50m Kick with...
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Ironman Houston- “I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else”
Race week is unlike any other week in ones training season. There is a buzz in the air, an energy...
Read MoreIronman Houston- It’s Worth the Sacrifice
Training for a hot humid race while living in a very unfriendly frigid, dry and snowy environment has been nothing short of challenging. It’s meant a complete overhaul of my training program and mind set, all changes...
Read MoreMay Swim Workout
May Beginner Workout Warm Up: 100m Choice Swim 100m Kick with board- flutter 100m Streamline on Back without a board – arms down by side /300m Main Set: 4x50m Front Crawl Variables (fast/ez, ez/fast, ez/ez, fast/fast) / 10...
Read MoreApril Swim Workout
Beginner Workout Warm Up: 100m Choice Swim 100m Kick – flutter 50m Flutter Kick on front in a streamlined position without using a kick board 50m Flutter Kick on back, without a kick board, with arms down by side ...
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