Swim Slow to BE Fast

I just watched a great video entitled Swim Slow to Be Fast. I found it to be very interesting and sound advice. It is primarily meant for Tri Atheletes and distance swimmers.. This coach's target audience is mainly made of triathletes coming to the sport from a non swimming background. There's a lot of doe to be made with this clientele. So it's a smart choice. Very often, these guys think that swim training is same as run or cycling training. The purpose of this clip is to insist on the importance of developing a good technique, which in turn improves newbies' swim efficiency. That said though, most of the best sprinters I've known (100/200 specialists, not the 50 ones which are often different animals) shared one thing in common. Even when they perform their base mileage, they remain pretty race pace **stroke** specific. It's possible to achieve this since swimming is a glide based cyclic activity. (like speed skating or cross country skiing if you will). The idea is to try to generate a lot of torque on each stroke, so that muscular adaptation be significant, even when swimming at slower pace (well, for these guys swimming their stuff on a 1:20/100M pace is slowish).

I just watched a great video entitled Swim Slow to Be Fast. I found it to be very interesting and sound advice. It is primarily meant for Tri Atheletes and distance swimmers.. This coach's target audience is mainly made of triathletes coming to the sport from a non swimming background. There's a lot of doe to be made with this clientele. So it's a smart choice. Very often, these guys think that swim training is same as run or cycling training. The purpose of this clip is to insist on the importance of developing a good technique, which in turn improves newbies' swim efficiency. That said though, most of the best sprinters I've known (100/200 specialists, not the 50 ones which are often different animals) shared one thing in common. Even when they perform their base mileage, they remain pretty race pace **stroke** specific. It's possible to achieve this since swimming is a glide based cyclic activity. (like speed skating or cross country skiing if you will). The idea is to try to generate a lot of torque on each stroke, so that muscular adaptation be significant, even when swimming at slower pace (well, for these guys swimming their stuff on a 1:20/100M pace is slowish).